Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon Received A 20% Raise To $27.5 Million, While The Market, Economy And Job Market Crashed – Forbes
- It’s morally repulsive how large corporations are exploiting this crisis. Workers will suffer – The Guardian
- Coal Is Now the World’s Most Expensive Fossil Fuel – Bloomberg
- Global economy will suffer for ‘years to come’, says OECD – BBC
- Three of the world’s largest gold refineries suspend production – Reuters
Americas:
- Coronavirus Bailouts: US Banking Watchdogs Waive Hundreds of Regulations, Red Tape, Financial Oversight – News Bitcoin
- ‘Recession Is Now,’ Says Trump’s Former Economic Advisor as Unemployment Skyrockets – BeInCrypto
- Coronavirus: 3M to Produce 35,000,000 Respirator Masks a Month in U.S. – Breitbart
- The Multi Trillion-Dollar Stimulus Package: These Are the US Corporations Begging for Bailouts – News Bitcoin
- The super-rich are panicking over shortage of coronavirus ventilators – Mazech
- The Death of American Competence – Foreign Policy
- Bloomberg: “U.S. Jobless Rate May Soar to 30%, Fed’s Bullard Says” – Bloomberg
- The government budget deficit is about to explode to fight the coronavirus – CNBC
Europe:
- Italy death toll continues to fall: Italy has reported another 602 deaths from coronavirus – BBC
- Coronavirus: Boris Johnson has announced strict new curbs on life in Uk – BBC
- As Poland’s government punishes judges, corruption is rising – Judges who appeal to European law may be sent to jail – The Economist
- EU moves to start membership talks with Albania, North Macedonia – Reuters
- Large hospital in NE Romania closes after 52 doctors and nurses tested positive for the new coronavirus – Romania Insider
- Germany’s low coronavirus mortality rate intrigues experts – The Guardian
Asia:
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- China to Lift Wuhan’s Months-Long Lockdown on April 8 – Kyodo News
- Singapore Bucks Virus Trend as Schools Reopen – VOA News
- South Korea’s Coronavirus Plan Is Working, Can the World Copy It? – VOA News
- Japan Says Tokyo Olympics May Be Postponed Due to Coronavirus – Reuters
- Malaysia Deploys Army as Coronavirus Curbs Spread Across Southeast Asia – Reuters
- Japan Economic Package to Deal with Epidemic to Top ¥30 Trillion ($273 Billion) – Kyodo News
Trans-Tasman:
- Coronavirus pandemic could see house prices plummet by 20 per cent, economists warn – ABC
- Australia is crying out for clearer messaging on coronavirus, ‘rambling’ politicians told – The Guardian
- Government urging people to go home as lines form around Centrelink offices, minister Stuart Robert admits not anticipating demand – ABC
- The country is being run by a marketing manager who can’t get the message out: DON’T GO OUT! – The Guardian
- New Zealanders in Australia call on government to include them in COVID-19 welfare measures – SBS News
- ‘A recipe for chaos’: Teachers federation issues strike threat over lack of coronavirus protection – New Daily
- Seven more cruise ships will dock in Sydney this week – Daily Mail
- Casino giant Federal Group chases pub owners for pokies rent amid coronavirus shutdown – ABC
- Coronavirus infections in NSW pass 800 as 149 new cases confirmed in 24 hours – ABC
- National cabinet prepares to escalate Australian shutdown – The SMH
- When it comes to unemployment in Australia, definitions have been broken – The Guardian
- Banks to provide mortgage holidays; Govt to underwrite some business loans – Interest.co.nz
- Winston Peters advises kiwis abroad to shelter where they are – Interest.co.nz