WTI crude oilDaily WTI spot-price observation; non-business-day gaps are preserved.
USD 86.48USD +0.44Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / FRED ↗ENERGY / WTI / SOURCE-AWARE DESK
WTI crude oil context
The WTI line is a dated FRED observation. It is displayed with its source record and placed beside selected macro and risk context; it is not a futures quote, supply-demand forecast or trading assessment.
RETRIEVEDAug 25, 2026, 8:16 PM UTC
MARKET OVERVIEW
Published observations on record.
Each row compares the latest two valid published values for its named source series. The change is a calculation, not an explanation.
SeriesLatestChangeObservation dateSource
Broad U.S. dollar indexTrade-weighted dollar index observation; index level is not a forecast.
118.06-0.19Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / FRED ↗CBOE VIX indexDaily published volatility-index observation; it is not a probability forecast.
15.85+0.72Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / FRED ↗MACRO CONTEXT
Official releases beside the tape.
U.S. CPI-U333.918July 2026 · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics ↗
U.S. 10-year Treasury rate4.74%2026-08-21 · Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis / FRED ↗
WHAT TO MONITOR
Named official event sources.
DRIVER EVIDENCE
What would support a research assessment?
Drivers are not bullish/bearish labels. They become eligible research inputs only when the named evidence is preserved, dated and reviewed.
Exact EIA series or COT report family, unit, report date and source document.
PUBLICATION BOUNDARY
What this page does not claim.
EIA inventory and CFTC positioning integrations require an exact public report/series contract, unit handling and report-date policy before they can support a public oil assessment.