Re:Oil plunges below zero for first time with May contract e...
by gbear605 on Monday April 20, 2020 @04:33PM
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From their Wikipedia pages, 40% of SA's GDP is oil[1] versus 16% of Russia's[2], also 90% of SA's exports versus 70% of Russia's. Certainly both countries are disastrously hurt by a collapse in oil prices, but SA seems to be worse off.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Saudi_Arabia [2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Russia