Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- How COVID-19 Has Impacted Media Consumption, by Generation – Visual Capitalist
- COVID-19 and the Failures of Capitalism – Canadian Dimension
- Coronavirus putting world on track for new Great Depression, says WTO – The Guardian
- The Coronavirus pandemic’s damage to the global economy could last decades – NY Times
- Banking expert believes in a severe global economic crisis – Interview Welt
Americas:
- Larry Summers says the US relief package would be hard to execute by the most competent government, calling the US government one ‘run like a highly opportunistic family real-estate business’ – Bsuiness Insider
- Americans are hoarding cash as recession fears grow – QZ
- Ben Bernanke: The US economy could shrink by 30% this quarter – Economo
- Walmart, Costco, Target are barred from selling ‘nonessential’ items such as clothing and electronics in parts of the US – Business Insider
- Bernie Sanders drops out of presidential race – NBC News
- Essential workers would get $25,000 raise in new Senate Democrats plan – Business Insider
- A third of U.S. renters didn’t pay the rent on time this month – CBS News
Europe:
- Spain moves toward permanent basic income amid coronavirus pandemic – Business Insider
- ECB President Lagarde: Corona crisis is the biggest macroeconomic catastrophe in modern times – Interview Welt
- Europe’s deep recession piles pressure on EU to agree new relief package – CNN
- EU nations battle to bridge bitter split over ‘coronabonds’ – Breitbart
- German industrial production is threatened with a massive slump – Interview Welt
- How Russia is betting big on self-driving tech – Asia Times
Asia:
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- Report says American companies are leaving China en masse – and the coronavirus is speeding up that change – Google Drive
- Japan to Fund Firms to Shift Production Out of China – Bloomberg
- What a Start-Up Crash Reveals About China’s Post-Coronavirus Economy – Foreign Policy
- China Tech Looks Unready for What’s Coming Next – Washington Post
- Rich Asians Face Billions in Losses on Popular Structured Notes – Bloomberg
- Don’t Count on China to Lift the Global Economy: A Vast Rural Underclass Is Dragging Down Growth. – Foreign Affairs
Trans-Tasman:
- Daniel Andrews asks PM to reveal redacted Pell report in full – The Age
- NSW Police seize Ruby Princess’s ‘black box’ in overnight raid for coronavirus investigation – ABC
- Inside Centrelink, the coronavirus debt ‘pause’ is causing confusion – ABC
- Man rescued by police after trying to sail to Tasmania from Melbourne – ABC
- Channel Nine accuses NRL of mismanagement after being left out of season restart talks – The Guardian
- The workers shut out of jobkeeper: ‘I’ve lost 100% of my business’ – The Guardian
- Coronavirus treatment doctors report trauma, threats over lack of PPE in hospitals – ABC
- Coronavirus pushes Government to commission 2,000 new ventilators – ABC
- Australia’s small medical practices on brink of collapse amid coronavirus – The Guardian
- PM: Lockdown decision due April 20; Election date kept under review – Interest.co.nz
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PM: 10,000 people became main beneficiaries last week – Interest.co.nz
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Spend, spend, spend at the supermarket – Interest.co.nz
