Crude & Brent Oil Fundamental Analysis – August 31, 2015 – Forecast
Analysis and Recommendations:
Crude Oil drifted 57 cents as traders adjusted after yesterday’s market rocket. On Thursday crude oil soared over 10%. Oil is trading at 41.99. Brent Oil dipped 64 points to 46.92. Crude oil has gotten pounded over the past week, dropping to below $40 a barrel for the first time in more than six years. And even though prices are low and falling, production in the Bakken shale play in North Dakota and Montana and in the Eagle Ford play in south Texas continues to rise. According Bentek, July production in the Eagle Ford totaled 1.6 million barrels a day, up about 10,000 barrels a day compared with June and about 250,000 barrels a day higher than in July 2014. In North Dakota, Bakken production rose by about 500 barrels a day to 1.2 million barrels, up about 90,000 barrels a day compared with July 2014.
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For the past week, crude imports averaged 7.2 million barrels a day, down by 839,000 barrels a day compared with the previous week. Refineries were running at 94.5% of capacity, with daily input of about 16.7 million barrels, about 117,000 barrels a day below the previous week’s average. BP’s Whiting, Ind., refinery restarted its repaired distillation tower earlier this week, and refining throughput and utilization should show some gains in next week’s report.
Oil slid Friday at the end of a tumultuous week, during which prices hit 6.5-year lows on fears over China’s slowing but then rebounded on strong US economic growth data.
Both contracts had soared by about 10 percent on Thursday after news the US economy — the world’s biggest followed by number two China — grew at a better-than-expected annual rate of 3.7 percent in the second quarter.
“Yesterday’s rebound (in oil prices) does of course follow in the wake of the huge, broad-based sell-off in all markets at the start of the week,” said SEB analyst Bjarne Schieldrop.
“When better than expected US GDP data hit the news… yesterday, the equity recovery got additional traction upwards,” he added.
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Today’s economic releases:
Cur. |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
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JPY |
Household Spending (YoY) (Jul) |
-0.2% |
1.3% |
-2.0% |
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JPY |
Household Spending (MoM) (Jul) |
0.6% |
2.2% |
-3.0% |
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JPY |
Jobs/applications ratio (Jul) |
1.21 |
1.19 |
1.19 |
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JPY |
National Core CPI (YoY) (Jul) |
0.0% |
-0.2% |
0.1% |
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JPY |
Tokyo Core CPI (YoY) (Aug) |
-0.1% |
-0.2% |
-0.1% |
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JPY |
Retail Sales (YoY) (Jul) |
1.6% |
1.1% |
0.9% |
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CHF |
GDP (YoY) (Q2) |
1.2% |
0.9% |
1.2% |
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CHF |
GDP (QoQ) (Q2) |
0.2% |
-0.1% |
-0.2% |
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EUR |
Spanish CPI (YoY) (Aug) |
-0.4% |
-0.1% |
0.1% |
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EUR |
Spanish HICP (YoY) (Aug) |
-0.5% |
-0.2% |
0.0% |
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GBP |
Business Investment (QoQ) (Q2) |
2.9% |
1.7% |
2.0% |
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GBP |
GDP (YoY) (Q2) |
2.6% |
2.6% |
2.6% |
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GBP |
GDP (QoQ) (Q2) |
0.7% |
0.7% |
0.7% |
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EUR |
German CPI (MoM) (Aug) |
0.0% |
-0.1% |
0.2% |
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USD |
Core PCE Price Index (YoY) (Jul) |
1.2% |
1.3% |
1.3% |
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USD |
Core PCE Price Index (MoM) (Jul) |
0.1% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
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USD |
Goods Trade Balance (Jul) |
-59.12B |
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-62.26B |
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USD |
Personal Spending (MoM) (Jul) |
0.3% |
0.4% |
0.3% |
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CAD |
RMPI (MoM) (Jul) |
-5.9% |
-4.0% |
0.2% |
Upcoming Economic Events that you should be monitoring:
Monday, August 31, 2015
Cur. |
Event |
Actual |
Forecast |
Previous |
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United Kingdom – Summer Bank Holiday |
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NZD |
Building Consents (MoM) (Jul) |
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-4.1% |
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JPY |
Industrial Production (MoM) (Jul) |
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1.1% |
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AUD |
HIA New Home Sales (MoM) (Jul) |
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AUD |
Company Gross Operating Profits |
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0.2% |
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AUD |
Private Sector Credit (MoM) (Jul) |
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0.4% |
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CHF |
KOF Leading Indicators (Aug) |
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99.8 |
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EUR |
CPI (YoY) (Aug) |
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0.2% |
0.2% |
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CAD |
Current Account (Q2) |
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-17.5B |
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USD |
Chicago PMI (Aug) |
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54.5 |
54.7 |
Government Bond Auctions
Date Time Country
Aug 28 11:10 Italy Auctions BTPs/CCTeus
Sep 01 11:15 Austria Holds RAGB bond sale
Sep 01 00:00 UK Announces details of 3.5% 2045 Gilt
Sep 02 11:03 Sweden Holds bond auction
Sep 02 11:30 Germany Eur 4bn 0.25% Oct 2020 Bobl
Sep 02 11:30 UK Auctions new Jan 2021 Gilt
Sep 03 10:30 Spain Auctions Bonos/Obligaciones
Sep 03 11:10 France Auctions OATs
Sep 03 00:00 US Announces details of 3yr note on 08 Sep, 10yr note on 09 Sep
Sep 03 00:00 US Announces details of 10-year note on 09 Sep