The IEA says oil demand growth is slowing as non-OPEC supply expands, though Red Sea shipping attacks have raised supply fears. January outages in major non-OPEC producers such as the United States added to concerns alongside a fresh round of OPEC+ cuts.
Slowing demand growth is bearish, but supply risks from outages and cuts offset it, leaving energy input costs with mixed direction for feed buyers.
After 41 past neutral report events, Crude Oil (Brent) moved a median -1.4% over 5 sessions (41% higher; middle half -4.0% to +1.9%), and +1.8% over 20.
After 56 past neutral report events, Crude Oil (WTI) moved a median +0.0% over 5 sessions (50% higher; middle half -2.7% to +2.5%), and +0.8% over 20.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.