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High oil prices threaten demand growth

We expect global oil consumption to rise steadily this year on the back of strong economic growth. However, if oil prices remain around their current levels or rise further, consumption growth could slow sharply in 2019. This is an additional reason to doubt that prices will stay very high for long.

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