UK health secretary, Matt Hancock, speaks to Sky News If there's one thing that we all can learn from in all of this, is that the virus itself determines the course of action and the next step of measures that needs to be undertaken.
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Ford extends European production halt until at least 4 May
Temporary suspension to apply to most vehicle, engine production sites From the company's : statement The announcement follows prior confirmation that production would be temporarily suspended from March 19 for a number of weeks at Ford's main continental European manufacturing sites (Saarlouis and Cologne, Germany; Valencia, Spain; and C
Tokyo reports 89 new coronavirus cases, brings total tally to 773 cases
Tokyo governor, Yuriko Koike, confirms the number of cases ForexLive
Kremlin spokesman says won't confirm if Russia will join OPEC+ meeting next Monday
Says Putin is to meet with officials and oil industry executives today ForexLive
OPEC+ delegate said to see a global output cut of 10 mil bpd as a realistic goal
Bloomberg with the headlines, citing an OPEC+ delegate on the matter – OPEC+ wants global oil producers meeting as soon as possible – OPEC+ encouraging other producers to join the meeting ForexLive
Spain reports 117,710 total coronavirus cases, up by 7,472 cases from yesterday
That is roughly a 7% increase in the number of cases The same goes for the amount of cases being reported, as it is more than 7,000 cases still. ForexLive
S&P affirms Japan at A+, outlook remains positive
S&P affirms Japan's long-term foreign currency debt rating ForexLive
Germany reportedly set to reject coronabonds at euro area minister meeting
Der Spiegel reports on the matter ForexLive
Eurozone February retail sales +0.9% vs +0.1% m/m expected
Latest data released by Eurostat – 3 April 2020 – +0.6%; revised to +0.7% – Retail sales +3.0% vs +1.6% y/y expected – Prior +1.7%; revised to +2.2% This relates to pre-virus economic conditions so it is hardly relevant at this point
Air France-KLM said to be in talks with banks on multi-billion euro loan package
Reuters reports, citing sources familiar with the matter ForexLive