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title: EIA Crude Oil Inventories
description: "EIA Crude Oil Inventories, Aug 5, 2026: actual 2.48M, forecast -1.50M, previous -7.17M · ABOVE FORECAST. The full read is on Helious."
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ECONOMIC RELEASE
              05 Aug 2026, 14:30 UTC



# EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change: 2.48M




           Actual2.48M
           Forecast-1.50M
           Previous-7.17M

               Surprise
               +1.59σ

           VerdictABOVE FORECAST
           ReadBonds neutral · Equities neutral


            EIA Crude Oil Stocks Change — Actual 2.48M, forecast -1.50M, prev -7.17M. ABOVE FORECAST · +1.6σ. Bonds neutral · Equities neutral.




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