Additionally, oil market speculation may have induced “echo speculation,” whereby ultimate users buy refined products in advance to protect against future price hikes. They then take delivery on their premises so that overall refined inventories rise, but that increase is not part of reported commercial inventories.
.而且，石油市场投机可能已经引起“附和投机”，借此最终用户提前购买精炼石油来抵御将来油价的上涨。然后，他们在其所在地接受精炼油，从而导致精炼石油库存的总体增加，但是这种增加不是报告的商业库存的一部分。