据路透社10月20日纽约报道,由于世界银行预计欧佩克成员国不久前达成的产量协议将帮助削减全球过剩的供应,世界银行周四(20日)把其对2017年原油价格的预测从每桶53美元上调到了每桶55美元。
世界银行在其最新一期季度大宗商品市场展望报告中说,包括石油、天然气和煤炭在内的能源价格预计明年跃升大约25%,上升幅度超过了此前的预测。
世界银行高级经济师约翰?巴佛斯说:“我们预计明年以石油为首的能源价格出现稳定增长。”
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原文如下:
World Bank Boosts 2017 Crude Oil Forecast To $55 Per Barrel
Reuters
Thursday, October 20, 2016
NEW YORK-The World Bank raised its crude oil price forecast for 2017 to $55 a barrel on Thursday from $53 a barrel, as it expects an output agreement among the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to help trim excess supply.
Energy prices, which include oil, natural gas and coal, are expected to jump nearly 25 percent next year, a larger increase than previously forecast, the World Bank said in a quarterly commodity markets outlook report.
"We expect a solid rise in energy prices, led by oil, next year," said John Baffes, senior economist at the World Bank.