Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- 30-Year Treasury Yield Drops To All-Time Low Of 1.89% – Stock Market News
- Wall Street slides as data shows early business impact of coronavirus – Reuters
- Fed’s Brainard Calls for New Strategy to Boost Inflation – Bloomberg
- Wall Street opens lower while Coronavirus spreads beyond China – Nation Overload
Americas:
- ‘Now Is the Time’: A Fed Official Urges Congress to Plan for Recessions – NY Times
- Canada: Super Channel is suing retailers, customers over TV boxes and “pirate content” – Global News
- U.S. economy is contracting: services PMI drops below 50 – Markit Economics
- An Economic Recession could Begin this Year – Harrison Cooper
- Obama’s 2009 Recovery Act Kicked Off Over 10 Years Of Economic Growth – Forbes
- Retail apocalypse in video games: GameStop doing a Tower Records – Polygon
- The Trump Effect on the Economy Is Undeniable – Bloomberg
- U.S. Business Gauge Tumbles to Lowest Since 2013 on Virus – Bloomberg
Europe:
- England has the worst regional inequality in the developed world, reports shows – Inews
- Sweden is now testing its digital version of cash, the e-krona – Tech Review
- European stocks set for muted open as coronavirus spreads – CNBC
- Romania facing legal action over destruction of Europe’s last natural forest – Client Earth
- Coronavirus outbreak in Italy, 25 more infected, already 2 dead – Republica
Asia:
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- Japanese emperor, on birthday, expresses coronavirus concern, looks forward to Olympics – NST
- It’s Official: India Becomes 5th Largest Economy in the World – Invest 19
- Chinese Economy Took a Hit During SARS, COVID-19 Could Knock It Over – Wire
- Novel coronavirus deaths top 2,200 as number of new cases in China rises again – CNN
- China could purchase much less U.S. farm product than thought – Washington Post
- China’s passenger car sales tumble 92% in first half of Feb due to virus outbreak – The Star
- Some Asian Countries on Brink of Recession as Virus Spreads Outside China – FX Empire
Trans-Tasman:
- School declined public appeal on sex abuse claims to protect image – The SMH
- Injured workers could be forced to pay gap fees for medical treatment – The SMH
- St Kevin’s College dean of sports and two other teachers leave school – ABC
- Government spends ‘unlawful’ billions – Saturday Paper
- How far can an Electric Car make it in Australia? – Harden Electric
- Santos blows $7 billion in five years and no relief for gas customers – Michael West
- Weird plan for billion-dollar privatisation of Australia’s visa system hits a snag – Michael West
- Origin says early retirement of 2,880MW Eraring coal plant is possible – The SMH
- Rio Tinto joins iron ore mining giants making big switch to solar and batteries – Renew Economy
- Universities put major construction projects on ice amid coronavirus financial blow – The SMH
- Drought slashes Australian crop output to record low – Yahoo
- Govt warned of unintended consequences of residential tenancies reforms – Interest.co.nz
- Ardern doesn’t buckle to Chinese pressure to loosen travel restrictions – Interest.co.nz