Crude tests support at $45/barrel

Nymex Light Crude is testing support at $45/barrel. Breach would offer an immediate target of $40. Follow-through below $40 would signal another test of the 2008/2016 lows at $30.

Nymex Light Crude

The chart below plots long-term crude prices adjusted for inflation. Recent falls show real crude prices returning to their previous trading range (0.1 to 0.2) before the 2004 to 2015 “China boom”.

Nymex Light Crude/CPI

The 2004 to 2015 surge in crude prices is very likely a major cause of low global growth over the last decade. Return to the previous trading range would be a bullish sign for the global economy.