VOL. XL

No.24

16-June-1997

OPEC

Temporary Pause In Asian Economic Growth Should Not Impact Long-Term Oil Demand,Says Dresdner Kleinwort Benson

The temporary phenomenon of a slight decline in the pace of economicgrowth in the emerging economies (EMEs) of the Asia-Pacific region "is obviouslyworth watching in case it persists long enough to affect the short-term world oilsupply/demand balance and, therefore, the short-term oil price outlook," according tothe recent Global World Oil Report issued...