据World Energy News网站1月26日华盛顿报道,世界银行26日在华盛顿表示,由于供应不断增加以及来自新兴市场的疲软需求前景,世界银行把其对今年原油价格的预测大幅削减了14美元至每桶37美元。
世界银行26日在其最新一期年度大宗商品市场展望报告中下调了46种商品中的37种商品的价格预测,其中包括石油。世界银行说,来自新兴经济体的疲软需求很有可能将继续。
世界银行的经济学家说,即使石油供应因伊朗恢复出口、美国继续生产以及北半球温和冬季有所增加,疲软的需求仍将继续。
根据世界银行的展望报告,油价在去年下跌了47%以后在2016年将再下跌27%。
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原文如下:
World Bank Slashes 2016 Oil Price Forecast
World Energy News
January 26, 2016
The World Bank has slashed its forecast for crude oil prices by $14 to $37 per barrel for 2016, it said on Tuesday, amid growing supply and weak demand prospects from emerging markets.
In its annual Commodity Markets Outlook, the World Bank lowered its price forecast for 37 of 46 commodities, including oil, saying that weak demand from emerging economies is likely to continue.
World Bank economists said weak demand would continue even as oil supply grows with the resumption of Iranian exports, continued U.S. production and a mild Northern Hemisphere winter.
Oil prices should decline another 27 percent in 2016 after plummeting by 47 percent last year, according to the outlook.