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Crude Oil Price (Brent)

Primary source

All values come directly from EIA via FRED (DCOILBRENTEU). We do not modify, smooth, or interpolate published values.

Spot price per barrel of Brent crude, the global benchmark for oil pricing used in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Typically trades at a premium to WTI. Sourced from EIA via FRED.

Update schedule

Daily — we refresh every hour during US market hours; upstream publishes on business days.

We gate dateModified updates to actual value changes (threshold: 0.01% absolute or 0.5% relative) to prevent freshness spoofing. If the upstream value hasn't moved, we don't claim we updated the page.

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