{
  "unit": "US dollars per barrel",
  "categories": [
    "2022 IMF annual",
    "2025 IMF annual",
    "2026 IMF assumption",
    "26 Sep 2026 print"
  ],
  "category_status": [
    "historical_annual_average",
    "historical_annual_average",
    "weo_assumption",
    "reported_daily_print"
  ],
  "brent": [
    99.0,
    68.32,
    80.19,
    104.3
  ],
  "wti": [
    94.8,
    65.49,
    75.09,
    92.41
  ],
  "notes": [
    "2022 and 2025 are IMF WEO annual averages.",
    "2026 is the WEO baseline oil-price assumption in the August 2026 snapshot, not a realized average.",
    "26 Sep 2026 figures are Times of India same-day prints, not IMF observations."
  ]
}