Global Macro / Markets / Investing:
- IMF: The Current Crisis “Way Worse than the Global Financial Crisis of 2008” – 7Bitcoins
- Here Is a List of Companies That Have Suspended Dividends or Stopped Stock Buybacks in April – Barrons
- Dan Niles: “It is very easy to figure out the market probably goes down 30% before we’re even near fair valuation.” – Yahoo
- The Most Profitable Trade: ‘Oil All Over the Oceans Right Now’ – Bloomberg
- Russia Press U.S. To Coordinate Oil Cuts, Pushing Up Prices – Stock Market News
- Why Coronavirus Will Affect The Rich The Most – Finance Geek
- A corporate debt reckoning is coming. – Medium
- Goldman Sachs buys two luxury private jets as main street on verge of collapse – Zero Hedge
- Economic panic: Expert warns of ‘virus-driven ICE AGE’ as markets plummet – Express
Americas:
- Brace for the ‘deepest recession on record,’ says BofA analysts, as jobless claims surge to 6.6 million – Market Watch
- The U.S. Economy Is Uniquely Vulnerable to the Coronavirus – Foreign Affairs
- The Novel Depression: How the US is going to see Great Depression Unemployment in Record Time. – My Budget 360
- Did the fed just accidentally trigger a housing market crash? – CCN
- Millions of small businesses stunned to learn they are not eligible for bailout loans – WND
- US jobs report: unemployment rose to 4.4% in March after February’s 50-year low – The Guardian
- FDIC announces first bank failure of coronavirus crisis – Market Watch
Europe:
- Spain Will Tax Crypto Holders Despite COVID-19 – Profit Withdrawal
- Russia’s central bank says no further intervention to support rouble – FT
- González Laya just announced Turkey will send the ventilators to Spain “in the next hours” – Europapress
- Russian mercy mission to Italy is a front for intelligence gathering, British expert warns – Telegraph
- 3M denies German officials’ allegations that a mask shipment was diverted to the US in ‘an act of modern piracy’ – Business Insider
- EU approves coronavirus state support for Portugal, Poland, Greece – Reuters
- Italy cheers first drop in critical virus patients – AFP
- Coronavirus: Spain ‘close to passing peak’ as deaths fall again. – BBC
Asia:
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- Sri Lanka Bans Incoming Passenger Flights Indefinitely – Times of India
- Malaysia Arrests Thousands Amid Coronavirus Lockdown – VOA News
- Anger as Japanese Prime Minister Offers Two Cloth Masks Per Family While Refusing to Declare Coronavirus Emergency – CNN
- China should be sued for $6.5 trillion for coronavirus damages says top UK think tank – The Age
- China sees rise in new coronavirus cases – 7News
- China Targets Thousands Who Spoke Out About The Coronavirus Epidemic – RFA
- Vietnam protests Beijing’s sinking of South China Sea boat – Reuters
- Coronavirus: China’s unemployment crisis mounts, but nobody knows true number of jobless – SCMP
- China’s human rights abuses roll on – CHRD
Trans-Tasman:
- Australian politicians launch brutal attack on the Chinese Communist Party for ‘failing to contain the coronavirus’ – Daily Mail
- Don’t be fooled by Morrison’s benevolence – soon it’s back to tax cuts and smaller government – The Guardian
- Criminal probe to be launched into Ruby Princess debacle – Sky News
- Spot checks find 99 returned travellers breaking self-quarantine – ABC News
- Mobile phone location data used to track Australians’ movements during coronavirus crisis – The SMH
- Hotel quarantine a ‘disaster’ and vulnerable people should be allowed home, doctor says – The Guardian
- Scott Morrison’s ‘nation-saving’ coronavirus response comes with political goodwill — and a massive bill – ABC
- Time to reshape our political and economic model. – Independent Australia
- Australia can be a better, fairer place after the coronavirus, if we’re willing to fight for it – The Guardian
- Australia’s coronavirus spending to protect economy dwarfs the GFC stimulus package – ABC
- Government messaging on face masks could cost lives – Interest.co.nz