OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Growth Forecast Again as Economic Challenges Mount

OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Growth Forecast Again as Economic Challenges Mount
The logo of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) sits outside its headquarters ahead of the OPEC and NON-OPEC meeting, in Austria, on Dec. 6, 2019. Leonhard Foeger/Reuters
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LONDON—OPEC on Monday cut its forecast for 2022 global oil demand growth for a fifth time since April and further trimmed next year’s figure, citing mounting economic challenges including high inflation and rising interest rates.

Oil demand in 2022 will increase by 2.55 million barrels per day (bpd), or 2.6 percent, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said in a monthly report, down 100,000 bpd from the previous forecast.