Since last June, world oil prices are dropping a dramatically. Through this article, we intend to shed light on this situation. • China's slowdown In late August, China recorded an industrial production up by 6.9% year on year (against 9% in July) its smallest increase in annual terms since the beginning of the financial crisis in 2008. Other factors such as retail sales, electricity consumption or investment in fixed capital (infrastructure) confirm the slowdown in the Chinese economy. Chinese growth is 7.5% today. • The weak trend in global demand One of the major reasons for the decline in global oil prices is the abundance of the latter in the markets while its main consumers (China, Europe, Japan and Brazil) record, poor economic performance. Saudi Arabia refuses to lower its oil production against other members of the OPEC countries that keep their levels of intact productions. What to say, strong oil production (unconventional) from the US? All these ...
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