美联储采用经济手段支撑油价

美国联邦储备委员会(Federal Reserve)公布了一系列支持全球最大经济体的措施后，油价连续第二天上涨，而投资者则希望美国-沙特阿拉伯达成限制产出的协议。

纽约期货上涨5%左右，超过每桶24美元，从周一开始持续上涨，原因是美国中央银行表示，它将无限量购入美国国债和抵押贷款支持证券，并制定计划，确保向企业以及州和地方政府提供信贷。美联储采取这一行动之际，美国的财政救助计划仍处于停滞状态。

与此同时，美国能源部长布鲁耶特（Dan Brouillette）说，建立美沙石油联盟也是目前正在考虑的稳定油价的一个想法。在此之前，得克萨斯州铁路委员会委员瑞安?西顿(Ryan Sitton)收到了参加6月举行的下一次欧佩克会议的邀请，不过他提出的限制产量的建议遭到了其他监管机构和钻探商的质疑。

新加坡的经济学家Howie Lee表示:“美联储的声明刺激了所有市场的积极因素，但是对于石油来说这可能只会持续几天。”他说，“价格可能会稳定下来，并在目前的水平上保持低迷”。

在汽油需求和价格出现历史性暴跌的情况下，美国各地的炼油企业被迫缩减业务。在芝加哥，汽车燃料批发价格跌至每加仑15美分，还不到一把泡泡糖的价格。与此同时，欧佩克（OPEC）产油国尼日利亚提出在4月份以异常大的折扣出售其原油，不过交易员们表示，这可能还不够便宜。

陈雨雁 编译自 世界石油

原文如下：

Oil steadies on Fed action, hope for U.S.-Saudi talks

Oil rallied for a second day after the Federal Reserve unveiled a sweeping set of measures to support the world’s largest economy, while investors clung to hopes of a U.S.-Saudi Arabian deal to limit output.

Futures in New York rose around 5% past $24 a barrel, following gains on Monday as the U.S. central bank said it would buy unlimited amounts of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities and also set up programs to ensure credit flows to corporations as well as state and local governments. The Fed action came as a U.S. fiscal rescue package remains stalled.

Meanwhile, U.S. Energy Secretary Dan Brouillette said the possibility of a joint U.S.-Saudi oil alliance is one idea under consideration to stabilize prices. His comments came after Texas Railroad Commissioner Ryan Sitton received an invitation to OPEC’s June meeting, although his proposals to curb output were criticized by other regulators and drillers in the state.

“The Fed’s announcement spurred feel-good factors across all markets, however that might last just a few days for oil,” said Howie Lee, an economist in Singapore. Prices are likely to stabilize and remain depressed at current levels, he said.

Oil refiners across the U.S. are being forced to throttle back operations amid the historic plunge in gasoline demand and prices. In Chicago, wholesale motor fuel prices fell to just 15 cents a gallon, less than a fistful of bubble gum. Meanwhile, OPEC producer Nigeria offered to sell its crude in April at unusually large discounts, although traders said the West African country may not have gone cheap enough.