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Opec expects demand for its oil to shrink

By Carola Hoyos in Vienna

Published: March 13 2009 14:39 | Last updated: March 13 2009 16:03

Opec should err on the side of further reducing its output, the oil cartel’s monthly oil market report hinted on Friday ahead of a meeting to decide whether to make further production cuts.

The report, compiled by analysts of Opec’s secretariat, said the world economy was in a “dreadful situation” and that financial and macroeconomic indicators in the first quarter continued to paint “a very gloomy outlook across the globe.”

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