据道琼斯伦敦8月19日消息，欧佩克三个月来第二次下调2019年石油需求增长预期，并下调了对全球经济增长的预期。

欧佩克在其受到密切关注的月度石油市场报告中说，预计今年全球石油需求的增长将会放缓，将其预测下调至110万桶/天。

这一数字相当于只下调了4万桶/天，但此前其他主要石油机构也进行了类似的下调，此外美国石油库存意外增加，贸易紧张局势和收益率曲线反转等衰退信号引发了更广泛的动荡。

欧佩克还下调了对非欧佩克国家2019年和2020年的供应增长预期。已成为能源出口国的美国产量巨大，引发了对供应过剩的担忧，在库存增长之际，投资者可能会将供需增长预期下降视为消费疲软的迹象。

庞晓华 摘译自 道琼斯

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OPEC Cuts Oil Demand Forecast on Global Economy Concerns

OPEC downgraded its 2019 oil demand growth forecast for the second time in three months and cut its projections for global economic growth on Friday.

In its closely scrutinized monthly oil market report, the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries said it expects a deceleration in the rise of global oil demand this year, trimming its estimate to 1.1 million barrels a day.

That figure equates to a cut of only 40,000 barrels a day, but comes after similar reductions from other major oil bodies, surprise increases in U.S. oil inventories, and broader convulsions sparked by trade tensions and recessionary signals such as yield curve inversions.

OPEC also reduced its supply growth forecasts for 2019 and 2020 for non-OPEC nations. Heavy production out of the U.S., now an energy exporter, had raised concerns of a supply glut, and investors may take the lower supply and demand growth forecasts as a sign of weakening consumption as stocks fill up.