Friday Briefing: Oil, oil and less oil

Friday Briefing

Cristian Angeloni
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I had every intention of writing this Friday Briefing about anything but the current conflict taking place in Iran for three simple reasons: part of my last FB analysed the situation following last week’s (3 March) Spring Statement; the vast majority of news coverage has been centred on the geopolitical tensions between the US/Israel and Iran; and we are all starting to feel fatigued by the sheer pace of developments in the Middle East.

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