# FreightWaves oil report: the EIA sticking to its forecast of what IMO2020 will do to diesel prices - FreightWaves

> The EIA's May Short-Term Energy Outlook left its forecast for how IMO 2020 will raise diesel prices essentially unchanged from its January projection. The forecast is based on the spread between ULSD wholesale prices and Brent.

- Date: 2019-05-11 · published 2019-05-11T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region US · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/59256-freightwaves-oil-report-the-eia-sticking-to-its-forecast-of-what-imo2020-will
- Commodities: [ULSD / Diesel](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DIESEL.md)

## Why it matters

A stable EIA view suggests no new revision to expected diesel strength from the 2020 marine fuel rule. Diesel-linked freight costs for feed haulers are therefore unlikely to shift on this report alone.

## Read by commodity

- DIESEL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| DIESEL | 2021-11-01 | [Rolling a seven: DOE/EIA diesel price now up that many weeks - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/44223-rolling-a-seven-doe-eia-diesel-price-now-up-that-many-weeks-freightwaves.md) | -1.5% | -13.8% |
| DIESEL | 2022-07-08 | [EIA publishes 3 weeks’ worth of up-and-down diesel benchmark prices - FreightWaves](https://feedsoft.ai/events/11248-eia-publishes-3-weeks-worth-of-up-and-down-diesel-benchmark-prices-freightwaves.md) | -0.3% | -10.3% |
| DIESEL | 2024-10-29 | [National diesel average heads up, for week of October 28, reports EIA - Logistics Management](https://feedsoft.ai/events/28046-national-diesel-average-heads-up-for-week-of-october-28-reports-eia-logistics.md) | +7.3% | +4.6% |
| DIESEL | 2020-08-26 | [EIA Gasoline and Diesel Retail Prices Update, Aug. 25, 2020 - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/51802-eia-gasoline-and-diesel-retail-prices-update-aug-25-2020-fuels-market-news.md) | -2.3% | -11.6% |
| DIESEL | 2017-04-27 | [EIA: Inflows of Gasoline and Diesel Into the Midwest Fall as Demand Flattens and Production Grows - Fuels Market News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/71703-eia-inflows-of-gasoline-and-diesel-into-the-midwest-fall-as-demand-flattens-and.md) | -3.9% | +5.0% |

## Sources

- freightwaves.com: https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-oil-report-the-eia-sticking-to-its-forecast-of-what-imo2020-will-do-to-diesel-prices

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