Brent held below $100 a barrel for the longest period since April 2013, amid speculation that slowing economic growth will add to an excess of supply. West Texas Intermediate was steady in New York . Brent was little changed in London , trading below $100 for a third day, the longest spell since a six-day run to April 23, 2013. Chinese Premier Li Keqiang announced money-supply growth was the slowest in five months. Oil prices are poised to drop next year as U.S. crude production reaches a 45-year high, the Energy Information Administration said yesterday. Still, weekly U.S. government data published today is forecast to show crude inventories contracted last week. “We are now quite open to the idea of prices remaining weak at least until the end of the year,” David Wech , an analyst at consultants JBC Energy GmbH in Vienna, said in an e-mailed report. “The […]