Rishaad oil prices down by 3 over the last three days. Big falls overnight are having repercussions, in particular for australian markets and the aussie dollar. It may be a bit of a brighter prospect if you are an oil bull in the future. It does suggest that if you look at 2021, prices are likely to be breaking to the upside. Deliveries in the near future having a higher price of those made later on. You could also argue that rising longterm prices show the market is going to the view that high prices are perhaps more sustainable. Again, the caveat is a longerterm. This is the outlook for prices for four years from now that should give greater encouragement to bulls of oil and commodity markets, generally speaking. Action in oil iea talking about the shale revolution, revising down shortterm demand prospects for 2018. In the near term, not a lot of positive catalysts to be found. Concerns over lack of progress on tax reform. Were looking ahead to u. S. Inflation numbers, with the index