Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Dow falls 2,200 points, trading halted, as rate cut fails to calm markets – NBC News
- Gold’s worst week since 1983 strips metal of safe-haven status – Mining Weekly
- Wall Street set to crash again after Fed slashes rates – Reuters
- Dow drops 2,999 points on word coronavirus crisis could extend until August – Fox Business
- U.S. oil plunges below $30 a barrel as emergency Fed moves fails to reassure traders on economy – MarketWatch
- Amazon to hire 100,000 more workers and give raises to current staff to deal with coronavirus demands – CNBC
- We’re likely not looking at a full recession like 2008, but global economies will reset amid the coronavirus pandemic – Gold Silver Bitcoin
Americas:
- In Florida retirement hub, more worry about stock market collapse than getting sick from coronavirus – Reuters
- Trump’s attempt to buy a coronavirus vaccine shows why big pharma needs to change – The Guardian
- Most airlines could be bankrupt by May. Governments will have to help – CNN
- Trump said the US ‘may be’ headed toward a recession as a result of the economic damage from the coronavirus – Business Insider
- U.S. economy is now in recession, UCLA Anderson forecast says – LA Times
Europe:
- Germany supplies one million breathing masks to Italy – Spiegel
- France to be locked down from Tuesday – BBC
- Dutch PM says he will not impose a national lockdown, announces similar plan to UK government with focus on immunity – Politico
- Top UK minister suggests other European countries’ strategies are based on ‘populism’ not science – Sky
- German virus vaccine firm denies US made takeover offer – ABC
- The EU will ban all nonessential travel into Europe for 30 days to slow the spread of the coronavirus – Business Insider
- The UK Only Realised “In The Last Few Days” That Its Coronavirus Strategy Would “Likely Result In Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths” – BuzzFeed
Asia:
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- Minister Says Singapore Will Not Be Short of Food After Malaysia Shuts Border – Reuters
- Japanese Man Accused of Killing 19 Disabled People Sentenced to Death – Reuters
- Tokyo First in Japan to See Cherry Blossoms Flower with Earliest Date on Record – Japan Times
- China’s Air Quality Is About to Get a Whole Lot Worse Because of Coronavirus – VICE
- Muting Coronavirus Anger, China Empowers Its Internet Police – NY Times
- Roughly 5 million people in China lost their jobs in the first 2 months of the year. – CNBC
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian researchers discover how body’s immune system fights coronavirus COVID-19 – ABC
- Coronavirus cases in Victoria rise to 94 as primary school closes – ABC
- Coronavirus data reveals how COVID-19 is spreading in Australia – ABC
- Josh Frydenberg to learn if he’s ineligible to sit in the Australian parliament – The Guardian
- Coronavirus cases in NSW surge past 200 as record increases continue – ABC
- The Victorian Government will lift a moratorium on onshore gas exploration and production and ban fracking – Twitter
- Morrison government faces legal challenge over Adani pipeline plan – The SMH
- More Victorian private schools closing, ignoring government advice to stay open – The Age
- Govt to inject $12.1 billion into the economy – Interest.co.nz
- Brian Fallow gives some initial thoughts on the Government’s coronavirus relief package – Interest.co.nz
- Treasury details government debt increases to support COVID 19 package – Interst.co.nz