Hope for motorists as bank says oil could fall 20pc within months - latest updates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

66% : Mark Dixon, chief executive officer of the Regus operator, said the days of expecting workers to make an "unproductive and expensive commute" are "long gone".
63% : Thruvision, which has offices near Oxford and in Washington DC, said it will see a "material impact" to its financial performance over the second half of the year, and full-year results as a whole, after it was not awarded an order from US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
59% : Oil is up 0.8pc since then.
47% : "He added that cuts to supplies "have driven oil higher in a prolonged bull run" but that the fourth quarter of this year "is set to move lower with further 2024 downside".
47% : Property values dropped by 5.3pc in September, according to Nationwide, which was the same rate of decline as the previous month.1) BP pensioners attack Looney for slashing payouts | The group are exploring legal action against the company after a 17pc drop in their income2) BAE lands £4bn contract for Aukus attack submarines | Rolls-Royce and Babcock will also be involved in the manufacture and design of the subs3) Alarm over oil spill risk in English Channel as Putin relies on 23-year-old tankers | Russia's shadow fleet skirts the G7's price cap on oil exports, but experts fear this increases the prospect of an environmental catastrophe4) AI is 'polluting the pool of human knowledge', news publishers warn | Fears are growing of the cumulative danger of generative models using AI data rather than human-made content5) Roger Bootle: Stopping the HS2 will be the kindest of cuts | Like Macbeth, we're in deep - but it's not too late for us to courageously slam the brakesAsian shares were mostly higher in thin trading with many markets closed for holidays.Markets in China are closed for a weeklong holiday.
36% : Governments and central banks around the world had feared the prospect of oil prices heading toward $100 a barrel, which would risk fuelling inflation.

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