kathleen brooks with her take on _ territory. kathleen brooks with her take on what's _ territory.h her take on what's going - territory. kathleen brooks with her take on what's going on, . her take on what's going on, thank you. simon french is chief economist at panmure liberum. i'm sure you were listening into that. we were looking at oiljust below $80 per barrel. what's your thoughts today on the 7th of october, it has been one year, in terms of how the global economy has been having to die just what is going global economy has been having to diejust what is going on in the middle east and the implications?— the middle east and the implications? yes, i think actually — implications? yes, i think actually the _ implications? yes, i think actually the global - implications? yes, i think. actually the global economy implications? yes, i think- actually the global economy has absorbed what is a very, very difficult regional situation relatively well. actually, if anything, global growth, particularly off the back of stimulus measures announced in china in recent weeks, from decent