# Oil slides 2% to 12-week low on fears of global recession

> Oil prices slid about 2% to a 12-week low on Wednesday, extending the prior session's heavy losses. Investors worried that energy demand would fall in a possible global recession.

- Date: 2022-07-06 · published 2022-07-06T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: macro · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/12613-oil-slides-2-to-12-week-low-on-fears-of-global-recession
- Commodities: [Crude Oil (WTI)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WTI.md), [Crude Oil (Brent)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/BRENT.md)

## Why it matters

Lower crude expectations reduce energy and freight input costs, and the weaker demand outlook pressures commodity prices more broadly.

## Read by commodity

- WTI: bearish ▼
- BRENT: bearish ▼

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WTI | 2022-07-08 | [Oil rises 2% but posts weekly loss on recession fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12617-oil-rises-2-but-posts-weekly-loss-on-recession-fears.md) | -6.6% | -13.1% |
| WTI | 2023-06-09 | [Falling commodity prices stoke fear of global recession](https://feedsoft.ai/events/6884-falling-commodity-prices-stoke-fear-of-global-recession.md) | -0.9% | +2.5% |
| WTI | 2022-07-05 | [Oil tumbles 9% on recession demand destruction fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12612-oil-tumbles-9-on-recession-demand-destruction-fears.md) | -3.9% | -12.8% |
| WTI | 2025-04-04 | [Oil falls to near 4-year low amid recession fears, OPEC+ production hikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7295-oil-falls-to-near-4-year-low-amid-recession-fears-opec-production-hikes.md) | -10.2% | -12.0% |
| WTI | 2022-07-12 | [Oil falls 8% as global recession fears spook market \| Oil and Gas News \| Al Jazeera](https://feedsoft.ai/events/40647-oil-falls-8-as-global-recession-fears-spook-market-oil-and-gas-news-al-jazeera.md) | -1.5% | -12.2% |
| BRENT | 2022-07-08 | [Oil rises 2% but posts weekly loss on recession fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12617-oil-rises-2-but-posts-weekly-loss-on-recession-fears.md) | -5.1% | -11.8% |
| BRENT | 2022-07-05 | [Oil tumbles 9% on recession demand destruction fears](https://feedsoft.ai/events/12612-oil-tumbles-9-on-recession-demand-destruction-fears.md) | -4.9% | -11.7% |
| BRENT | 2025-04-04 | [Oil falls to near 4-year low amid recession fears, OPEC+ production hikes](https://feedsoft.ai/events/7295-oil-falls-to-near-4-year-low-amid-recession-fears-opec-production-hikes.md) | -9.8% | -13.9% |

## Sources

- reuters.com: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-claws-back-after-heavy-selloff-supply-concerns-return-2022-07-06/

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