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Boost to oil from lower supply unlikely to last

The price of oil continued to climb in February as the US and China inched towards a trade deal, and Saudi Arabia announced that it would cut output further. However, we still think that prices will fall by end-2019 owing to soft demand arising from a slower global economy.

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