"Oil prices under pressure as economic concerns mount"

" Oil prices under pressure as economic concerns mount \r\n\r\nOil prices fell in Asian trading early on Thursday, losing ground for a fourth consecutive day, as market participants are concerned about the pace of China\u2019s economic growth while keeping an eye on the Jackson Hole Fed meeting starting today, which could shed more light on whether interest rates would remain higher for longer.\r\n\r\nIn early Asian trading on Thursday, both benchmarks were down by around 0.3% as the market ignored a large U.S. crude draw reported on Wednesday and remained focused on the underwhelming Chinese economic recovery. Traders will also watch closely the Fed meeting in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, the annual two-day event which could offer clues on whether the U.S. central bank would continue with interest rate hikes and whether it still believes the U.S. economy could pull off a soft landing after all the rate hikes.\r\n\r\n WTI Crude , the U.S. benchmark, slipped this week to a one-month low and traded at around $78.60 a barrel in early Asian trading on Thursday. The international benchmark,\u00a0 Brent Crude , had slipped below $83 per barrel and traded at around $82.90 after hitting a four-month high of over $87 a barrel in early August.\r\n\r\n\u201cThe absence of any price-supportive factors left growing economic worries over China and expectations over the Federal Reserve sticking to its monetary policy tightening in the US weighing on sentiment in the broader financial markets as well as crude,\u201d Vanda Insights\u00a0 said in a daily commentary on early Asian trading on Thursday.\r\n\r\nThe market has also taken notice of\u00a0 reports \u00a0that the Biden Administration is drafting a proposal to ease some of the sanctions on Venezuela and allow more customers to import Venezuelan crude.\r\n\r\nPersistent concerns about the economy and the risk of higher supply from Iran and Venezuela \u2013 exempted from the OPEC+ cuts \u2013 outweighed the\u00a0 large crude draw \u00a0of 6.1 million barrels for the week to August 18."

"Oil prices under pressure as economic concerns mount"

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