Brent oil falls below $85 a barrel as dollar rises
An aerial view of the Phillips 66 oil refinery is seen in Linden, New Jersey, USA.
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Brent oil fell below $85 a barrel on Monday, as fears of a recession weighed on and the US dollar rose sharply.
Brent futures for November settlement were trading down more than 1[ads1]% around $84.92 at 08:00 London time. West Texas Intermediate futures also fell to trade around $77.93.
The US dollar rose to a high not seen since 2002 on Monday, while the pound fell to a record low against the currency.
On Friday, both Brent and WTI futures fell around 5% to hit their lowest level since January.
It comes as central banks around the world – including the US and UK – continue to raise interest rates in a bid to tackle inflation.
Meanwhile, fears of an economic downturn continue to rise, with Steve Hanke, a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University, putting the odds of the US falling into recession at 80%.
“If [the Fed] Continue[s] the quantitative tightening and move that growth rate and M2 (money supply) into negative territory, that will be severe,” Hanke told CNBC’s “Street Signs Asia” on Friday.
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