在亞洲早盤交易中，油價繼續走低，西得克薩斯中質原油（WTI）價格每桶逼近78美元，布倫特原油價格每桶逼近82美元

盡管美國能源信息署（EIA）報告稱，截至4月14日當周美國原油庫存減少了460萬桶，但交易商關注的是需求問題

美聯儲一再表示，它還沒有結束加息，而交易商認為，美聯儲加息是為了應對來自對原油日益增長的需求

據油價網2023年4月20日報道，本周對需求的擔憂超過了對供應的擔憂，壓低了油價，對美國進一步加息的預期加劇，提振了美元。

亞洲早盤交易油價連續3天下跌，盡管美國能源信息署(EIA)報告稱，截至4月14日當周美國原油庫存減少460萬桶，而前一周原油庫存小幅增加60萬桶。然而，在此之前的一周，EIA曾估計美國原油庫存將減少370萬桶。

原油交易商顯然沒有對此次美國原油庫存減少做出反應，而是更關注其他新聞，或者更確切地說“非新聞”：美聯儲一再表示，它還沒有結束加息。市場似乎預期，下個月美聯儲暫停通脹控制措施之前，至少還會有一次加息。

經紀公司Phillip Nova的分析師Priyanka Sachdeva告訴彭博社：“當美聯儲的評論表明進一步加息時，經濟問題似乎不可避免?！薄拔ㄒ坏南Ｍ莵喼扌枨蟮闹匦箩绕?，預計其重要性足以抵消西方需求的下降?！?/p>

領先的外匯交易和信息公司OANDA的愛德華·莫亞對路透社表示：“WTI原油價格已回落至每桶80美元下方，如果美元恢復走強，油價可能繼續走低?！?/p>

此外，事實證明，原油交易商對美國經濟的悲觀情緒強于對亞洲經濟的樂觀情緒。

世界領先的實時互聯網交易公司CMC Markets分析師蒂娜·鄧對路透社表示，“盡管公布的GDP數據好于預期，但工業生產和固定資產投資均遜于市場共識，這無助于提振油價?！?/p>

李峻 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Oil Prices Continue To Fall As Demand Concerns Persist

·     Oil prices continued to trend lower in morning trade in Asia, with WTI heading toward $78 and Brent moving closer to $82.

·     Despite the EIA reporting a sizeable inventory draw of 4.6 million barrels for the week to April 14th, traders were focused on demand concerns.

·     The Fed has repeatedly indicated that is it not done with rate hikes, which traders see as countering any growing demand from China.

Demand worries outweighed supply concerns this week to push down oil prices, reinforced by heightened expectations of more U.S. rate hikes that lifted the greenback.

In morning trade in Asia oil was down for the third day out of the last four, despite the EIA reporting an inventory draw of 4.6 million barrels for the week to April 14, compared to a modest build in crude oil inventories for the previous week, at 600,000 barrels. For the week before that, however, the EIA had estimated a sizable draw of 3.7 million barrels.

Instead of reacting to the draw, oil traders apparently were more concerned with other news or rather non-news: the Fed has indicated repeatedly that it is not done with rate hikes. It seems there are expectations for at least one more rate hike, to be announced next month before the Fed pauses with the inflation-control measure.

“When the Fed’s commentary indicates further rate hikes, economic troubles look inevitable,” Priyanka Sachdeva, an analyst at brokerage Phillip Nova, told Bloomberg. “The only ray of hope here is Asian reemergence, which is expected to be significant enough to outweigh the dented demand from the West.”

"WTI crude is back below the $80 level and it could continue drifting lower if the strong dollar trade resumes," OANDA’s Edward Moya told Reuters.

What’s more, the gloom and doom that oil traders appear to see for the U.S. economy has proven stronger than optimism about Asia,.

"Though the reported better-than-expected GDP data, both industrial production and fixed asset investments fell short of consensus data, which did not help (in) boosting oil prices," CMC Markets analyst Tina Teng told Reuters.