据油价网5月7日消息：英国燃料销量在上周末结束时飙升至自去年3月首次封锁以来的最高水平，这表明上个月开始的重新开放已经导致了更高的石油需求和经济增长。
4月12日，英国开始逐步恢复营业，几个月来首次开设非必要的零售商、餐馆和酒吧，因为在超过一半的成年人接种了至少一针疫苗后，新冠肺炎病例迅速下降。对不同家庭成员室外和室内聚会的限制也将从5月中旬开始放宽，而政府正考虑最早在本月允许少数国家出国度假。
英格兰银行周四表示，在对国内经济活动没有多数限制的情况下，预计英国经济将在今年剩余时间强劲复苏至新冠肺炎前的水平。
该行还表示：“健康风险下降和不确定性下降，以及已宣布的财政和货币刺激措施，进一步提振了需求增长。”
英国石油需求增加和经济反弹的迹象给石油多头带来了希望，尽管印度和巴西发生了疫情反复，但包括美国在内的主要发达经济体将推动全球经济和石油需求增长。
冯娟 摘译自 油价网
原文如下：
Fuel Sales In The UK Surge, Adding Bullish Note To Global Oil Outlook
Fuel sales in the United Kingdom surged at the end of last week to their highest level since the first lockdown in March last year, according to government data cited by Bloomberg, suggesting that the reopening that began last month is already resulting in higher oil demand and economic growth.
The UK started to gradually reopen on April 12, opening non-essential retailers, restaurants, and pubs for the first time in months as COVID cases are rapidly falling after more than half of the adult population have now received at least one shot of a vaccine. Restrictions on outdoor and indoor gatherings of people from different households will also be eased from mid-May, while the government is considering allowing vacations abroad to a restricted number of countries as early as this month.
The UK’s reopening and the surge in fuel sales “is a tangible proof that vaccine programs are the way out of the crisis,” Tamas Varga, an analyst at PVM Oil Associates, told Bloomberg.
The UK’s economy is expected to recover strongly to pre-COVID levels over the remainder of this year in the absence of most restrictions on domestic economic activity, the Bank of England said on Thursday.
“People may also become more confident about spending. During lockdown some people have saved money as they been unable to spend as normal. Some of that money might be spent as restrictions are eased,” the central bank said.
“Demand growth is further boosted by a decline in health risks and a fall in uncertainty, as well as announced fiscal and monetary stimulus,” according to the bank.
The signs of increasing oil demand and rebounding economy in the UK gives hopes to oil bulls that despite the COVID crisis in India and Brazil, major developed economies, including the United States, will push the global economy and oil demand higher.
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