Neto, Governor of the Central Bank of Brazil: The neutral interest rate of the Brazilian Central Bank is 4.5%, and the market expects it to be 5.5%.

U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA): Crude oil inventories in Cushing, Oklahoma, fell to the lowest level since July 2022.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories excluding strategic reserves in the week to September 22 were the lowest since the week of December 2, 2022.

The EIA Strategic Petroleum Reserve inventory decline in the United States in the week to September 22 was the largest since the week of July 7, 2023, ending the previous seven consecutive weeks of increasing trends.

After the EIA data was released, WTI crude oil and Brent crude oil first rose and then fell back, now trading at $91.95/barrel and $93.97/barrel.

U.S. Senate Minority Leader McConnell: Shutting down the government is not a good way to make a point.

SEC Chairman Gensler: More than 90% of SEC employees will remain without pay during the shutdown.

The U.S. EIA refinery equipment utilization rate for the week to September 22 was 89.5%, expected to be 91.5%, and the previous value was 91.9%.

In the United States, EIA reformulated gasoline inventories for the week to September 22 were -20,000 barrels, compared with -3,000 barrels previously.

The EIA heating oil inventory in the United States for the week to September 22 was 517,000 barrels, compared with the previous value of -109,000 barrels.

EIA refined oil production in the United States in the week to September 22 was 150,000 barrels/day, compared with the previous value of -229,000 barrels/day.

The United States imported 1.767 million barrels of EIA crude oil in the week to September 22, compared with the previous value of -3.042 million barrels.