Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- Jeffrey Gundlach says the coronavirus sell-off will worsen again in April, taking out the March low – CNBC
- Asia markets, Dow futures fall after the index finishes its worst month since October 2008 – CNN
- Financial Bazookas Revealed – Market Strategists Believe the Fed Will Purchase Stocks Soon – News Bitcoin
- World’s Top Gold Market Freezes as Chinese Shoppers Stay Away – Bloomberg
- Globalisation could run out of puff in post-coronavirus world – The SMH
- Global Stocks On Track For Worst Quarter Since 2008 – Stock Market News
Americas:
- Trump Promises Another $2 Trillion to Revive Collapsing U.S. Economy – CNN
- Billionaires Want People Back At Work, Even If It Kills Them – Huff Post
- US Retail Rent Negotiations Get Messy With $20 Billion Due – Bloomberg
- Coronavirus expected to cripple US auto sales; companies push 0% financing, online buying – CNBC
- The Anatomy of the $2 Trillion COVID-19 Stimulus Bill – $500B Loans for Large Corporation – $375B for small businesses – Visual Capitalist
- Coronavirus fallout: California consumer confidence drops to 13-month low – OC Register
- Fed Economists Warn US Unemployment Rate Could Soon Reach 32%—During Great Depression It Peaked at 25% – Common Dreams
- Why Billions and Trillions in Government Stimulus Will Hurt You – Rolling Stone
Europe:
- German economy might shrink between 2.8% and 5.4% – Economo
- If the EU cannot rein in Hungary’s dictator Viktor Orban, it will rot from the inside – The Telegraph
- How China unleashed Twitter bots to spread COVID-19 propaganda in Italy – Formiche
- Countries reject Chinese-made equipment – BBC
- EU makes new push for solidarity with €100B unemployment scheme – Politico
- Dutch finance minister acknowledges lack of empathy on corona bonds – Politico
- Euro zone starts slide down inflation slope as coronavirus lockdowns weigh – Reuters
Asia:
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- Economic Indicators: China Factory Activity Unexpectedly Expands – Stock Market News
- Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party Asks for ¥60 Trillion Stimulus to Aid Virus-Hit Economy – Japan Times
- Anger is growing at China over COVID-19 and its apparent cover-up attempt – Sky
- China Isn’t Helping Italy. It’s Waging Information Warfare. – Foreign Policy
- Not Made in China Is Global Tech’s Next Big Trend – Bloomberg
- Wet markets in China still operating despite coronavirus outbreak – JPost
- Wuhan residents dispute officials’ COVID-19 death toll – Business Insider
Trans-Tasman:
- More than 400 coronavirus cases – 10% of Australia’s total – are from Ruby Princess cruise ship – The Guardian
- Doctor says coronavirus screening at Sydney Airport is a ‘public health disaster’ – ABC
- Climate crisis may have pushed world’s tropical coral reefs to tipping point of ‘near-annual’ bleaching – The Guardian
- ‘Throw the book at them’: Health Minister addresses Aspen controversy – The SMH
- Coronavirus cases in Victoria near 1,000 as Government announces $1.3 billion boost to health system – ABC
- Coronavirus infection rates begin to fall, but ‘flattening the curve’ may mean WA is locked down even longer – ABC
- Melbourne wharfies stood down after refusing to unload Chinese ship – The SMH
- Is Australia flattening the coronavirus curve? Look at the charts – The Guardian
- Ibuprofen, furry friends and a COVID-19 vaccine. Coronavirus misinformation, debunked – Fact Check – ABC
- Coronanomics: Eight things we’ve learnt about how coronavirus will change the economy – ABC
- Retail association to press government to include more casuals in jobkeeper payment – The Guardian
- QV sees possibility of buyers’ market developing for the rest of the year – Interest.co.nz
- Treasury doubles March 17 debt issuance forecast to $25 billion – Interest.co.nz