Institute for Health and the Research Institute of Physics and Chemistry of Kanagawa Prefecture - have announced they have developed a new method to detect the coronavirus Current methods take several hours
27 February 2020 - to be chaired by head of the task force US VP Pence ForexLive
Secretary General of OPEC Mohammed Barkindo says the group is monitoring the suspected case. OPEC's 23 member country representatives are scheduled to meet in Vienna next week to discuss additional oil production cuts.
FX strategist at Scotiabank cites the relative stability of EUR/CHF (above and around 1.06) in the past two weeks while turmoil in markets elsewhere
Australia Private new capital expenditure in the fourth quarter of 2019, data is here: - And, this: ANZ now: - The outlook for Australian private new is bleak outside the mining sector. ---
Says China must take further action More: - Foreign Ministry says made stern representations to the US Embassy about the Wall Street Journal To be fair, so have I. That paywall sucks.
Canada's Transport Minister comments on the rail blockade, recently broken up by police: - Canada' is "many, many weeks" away from a return to normal for freight-rail traffic Piece in the may be gated
Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau on Twitter, bullish on NAFTA ForexLive
A really quickie preview of the GDP due March 4 (Wednesday 0030GMT) Q3 was 0.4% q/q and 1.7% y/y, but Q4 is expected to be even slower. AMP (Australian fund manager) response to the capex data earlier, ICYMI:
Overnight comments from the RBNZ are here: Then, from the New Zealand finance minister today: Reuters have a bit more up on Robertson's remarks now: It will get really ugly really quick in NZ. Chinese tourists are big spenders in the country and have gone from loads to zero.
