State economist wary of ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to oil price drop

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Oil prices appear to have reached a low but stabilized point today after dropping about 23%, but industry and state officials say they are keeping a close eye on the market. Stephen Barnes, the independent economist on the state’s Revenue Estimating Conference, says it’s too early for the state to make a “knee-jerk” reaction to

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