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Palisades Gold Radio · Friday, July 17, 2026

OECD Inventories at Low Levels Despite Demand Destruction

Johnston notes that despite demand destruction caused by high prices, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) inventories have seen significant drawdowns and remain low. He suggests this is a key factor preventing prices from falling further.

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I mean we have seen huge drawdowns in inventories particularly across the OECD and I think that's important
and you could argue that for all the demand destruction that we've seen as a result of high prices that we're still in a period of deficit and the inventories are just too low and that's the reason why prices haven't been able to fall back to more normal levels
Heard on Palisades Gold Radio — “Rory Johnston: What Everyone Is Getting Wrong About The Oil Price Amidst Iran War, published Friday, July 17, 2026. Heardvine summarizes and quotes with attribution and timestamps, and links to the original everywhere.
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