Saturday, March 14, 2020

Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] France to close all restaurants, cafes, cinemas and clubs due to coronavirus

[Reuters] Trump takes coronavirus test, extends travel ban to Britain, Ireland

[Reuters] Spain plans partial coronavirus lockdown from Monday: draft

[Reuters] Norway to close ports, airports from Monday to stop coronavirus: PM

[Reuters] Wall Street weekahead: Investors hope Fed can help calm markets as big rate cut expected

[Reuters] World closes borders, restricts travel to contain coronavirus spread

[CNBC] Coronavirus live updates: Hospitals cancel elective surgeries, small businesses get pummeled

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Spain Plans Lockdown; NYC Reports First Death: Virus Update

[Reuters] Japan's Abe vows 'unprecedented steps' to protect virus-hit economy, urges global cooperation

[CNBC] Trump says he has the right to remove Powell as Fed chair but hasn’t ‘made any decisions’ yet

[Reuters] Trump says hopes the Fed will 'finally get on board'

[Reuters] As Wall Street reels, veterans recall '87 while the young look to textbooks

[AP] Apple temporarily shuts stores worldwide to fight virus

[Bloomberg] Dalio’s Macro Fund Plunged About 20% This Year as Market Tanked

[Bloomberg] Nightmare on Wall Street Was All About Liquidity

[Bloomberg] What Central Banks Did This Week as the Virus Hit Global Markets

[WSJ] Diary of a Crazy Week in the Markets

[WSJ] The Refi Boom Is Rattling Mortgage-Bond Investors