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Turning a little more positive on oil prices in 2020

We expect that global oil supply will remain constrained in 2020. But we also forecast somewhat stronger growth in demand next year and a pick-up in risk appetite on the back of monetary easing. As a result, we are raising our forecast of the price of Brent crude at end-2020 to $70 per barrel ($65 previously).

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