Economics
Bulls Beware: The 2020 Oil Market Is Quickly Turning Ugly
- IEA set to publish its first forecast for next year on Friday
- U.S. shale output and slower economy combine to weaken outlook
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Oil bulls thought 2020 would be their year.
After half a decade of lower spending on new projects, oil production growth was supposed to slow to a trickle just as demand was supercharged by a once-in-a-generation shake up in the shipping fuel market. Many market commentators predicted that if $100 a barrel-oil was going to make a come back, it would happen in 2020.