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The phrase “Chinese miracle” this year finds a new meaning. First of all, in recent weeks, it is commendable how quickly the Politburo recognized the danger of the situation in Wuhan and managed to contain its spreading across the country..

Now that consumers have stocked up on toilet paper, disinfectant wipes and other household necessities, they’re turning their attention to appliances that aid in cooking and health and wellness, experts and retailers say. Small appliance sales grew 8% for the.

1. Selling Fatigue Has Kicked In UBS strategists said we are seeing a “selling fatigue” in the markets as investors no longer overreact to bad news. Stock market volatility has finally cooled down after worries about coronavirus pandemic fueled weeks.

Market overview US markets have added 1.4% since the start of trading on Monday, after falling 3.4% on Friday. Markets balance between news of a slowdown in new infections (positive) and the prospect of more extended quarantine (negative). DXY added.

The early indicators from China aren’t pretty. Overdue credit-card debt swelled last month by about 50% from a year earlier, according to executives at two banks who asked not to be named discussing internal figures. Qudian Inc., a Beijing-based online.

The top cryptocurrency by market value picked up bids near $5,850 during the Asian trading hours and rose around $500 to $6,344 at 07:14 UTC. At press time, the global average price, as calculated by CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index, was.

Oil prices fell sharply on Monday, with U.S. crude briefly dropping below $20 and Brent hitting its lowest level in 18 years, on heightened fears that the global coronavirus shutdown could last months and demand for fuel could decline further..

The Federal Reserve has offered more than $3 trillion in loans and asset purchases in recent weeks to stop the U.S. financial system from seizing up, but it has not yet directly helped large swaths of the real economy: companies,.

The U.S. is all but guaranteed to lose its hard-earned spot as the world’s number one oil producer this year amid the recent price crash, vanishing demand and a plunge in capital investment, energy experts say. That could mean potentially.

While the rest of Europe imposes severe restrictions on public life and closes borders and businesses, Sweden is taking a more relaxed approach to the coronavirus outbreak. Unlike its immediate neighbors Denmark, Finland and Norway Sweden has not closed its.

World central banks continue to pump liquidity in the financial system to lessen the negative impact on business from strict isolation measures across the globe. The latest example was the People’s Bank of China, which on Monday announced a 20.

After trading in the $6,450 to $6,850 range for the past eight days, Bitcoin (BTC) price finally made a larger move, this time to the downside, as the digital asset dropped 8.72% to a daily low at $6,068. The move.