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Chart of the Week: Week 10, 2017: Oil Price v.s. Scottish Nationalist Sentiment

posted on March 16, 2017

While the decline in price of a barrel of Brent Crude oil has been newsworthy for economists all over the world, it has been scrutinised particularly closely by Scottish Nationalists, as it would prove an important source of income were Scotland to secede.

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