Oil prices slip ahead of expected US Fed interest rate hike

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Oil prices dropped on Wednesday on worries over fuel demand ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting which is expected to see the central bank to hike rates by at least 75 basis points to combat inflation. WTI crude futures fell 8 cents, or 0.1 per cent, to $118.85 a barrel by 0008 GMT. Brent crude futures

Oil prices dropped on Wednesday on worries over fuel demand ahead of a U.S. Federal Reserve meeting which is expected to see the central bank to hike rates by at least 75 basis points to combat inflation.

Surging inflation has led investors and oil traders to brace for a big move by the Fed this week - what could be the largest U.S. interest rate hike in 28 years. In its monthly report, the Organization of the PetroleumExporting Countries stuck to its forecast that world oil demand will exceed pre-pandemic levels in 2022, but said Russia's invasion of Ukraine - Moscow calls is actions a"special operation" - and developments related to the coronavirus pandemic pose a considerable risk.

 

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The relationship between oil prices and interest rate is remote. Oil prices is directly dictated by its demand / supply mechanism, hardly by monetary policy.

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