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Total cases at 9,137 – Death toll is 126 ForexLive

China's People's Daily (state media)  – China's Hubei Province will resume the inbound and outbound operations of railway stations outside of Wuhan starting Wednesday. Hubei, and especially capital city Wuhan, is far from normal, But, small steps. 

Fox citing unnamed sources for the report:   Link here for more At his briefing earlier President Trump once again said he'd like to bring the economy fully back on line by Easter. There does seem to be a disconnect between what officials in this administration are saying and doing privately and what they are […]

Bloomberg report citing an internal Apple memo You'll recall Apple has closed all its stores globally (excluding China, which reopened in March after closure)

Mnuchin and Senate Dems leader Schuman  – negotiations continue. CNN report — But, when is the vote?  The latest is there will not be one this evening (US time)

Some news unrelated to coronavirus for a change.  The aviation sector is not queuing up for new planes right now though. ForexLive

Latest data released by ONS – 25 March 2020 – +1.8% – CPI +0.4% vs +0.3% m/m expected – Prior -0.3% – Core CPI +1.7% vs +1.5% y/y expected – Prior +1.6% ForexLive

Risk is faring better as the US reaches a stimulus agreement ForexLive The dollar continues to sit at the bottom but is accompanied by the yen and franc on the day, as risk is keeping more optimistic to start European trading.

The ONS has changed their schedule for market-sensitive economic data releases from 0930 GMT to 0700 GMT here ForexLive