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Factbox: Global economic policy response to coronavirus crisis
LONDON (Reuters) - Governments and central banks around the world have unleashed unprecedented fiscal and monetary stimulus and other support for economies floored by the coronavirus pandemic. The G20...
Apr 07, 2020
Exclusive: South Africa weighing ‘funding for lending’ type scheme – central bank governor
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa is considering some kind of "funding for lending" scheme for banks as one option in response to the coronavirus crisis, central bank deputy governor and head of t...
Apr 07, 2020
Your Money: Make a big impact with your COVID-19 charity dollars
By Beth Pinsker NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Rachel Baron wanted to give back to her community affected by COVID-19, her first thought was to help local emergency room doctors. So the 46-year-old adverti...
Apr 07, 2020
VW plans to partially reopen plant in Spain’s Navarra on April 20
MADRID (Reuters) - German carmaker Volkswagen hopes to partially reopen its plant in Spain's Navarra region on April 20 after its closure in mid-March due to the coronavirus outbreak, a spokesman for ...
Apr 07, 2020
Dutch government says no again to using eurobonds for virus crisis
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch finance minister Wopke Hoekstra repeated on Tuesday that the Netherlands would not support the use of "eurobonds" to combat Europe's coronavirus outbreak and it would o...
Apr 07, 2020
Congress presses Trump administration to fix small business relief program
By Pete Schroeder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. lawmakers have urged the Treasury Department to clarify and streamline the government's small business loan program, after hearing gripes from local busin...
Apr 07, 2020
Virus slowdown threatens India’s restaurants with bitter aftertaste
By Aftab Ahmed and Abhirup Roy NEW DELHI/MUMBAI (Reuters) - After growing tenfold in the last decade, India's restaurant sector fears for the future when a nationwide lockdown is eventually lifted, wi...
Apr 07, 2020
Japan to sell record extra bonds to fund coronavirus stimulus
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Takaya Yamaguchi TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will sell a record amount of extra bonds this fiscal year, worth more than $165 billion, straining the industrial world's heaviest deb...
Apr 07, 2020
Bolstered by EU aid, Portugal expands coronavirus credit lines
LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will boost its credit lines for businesses struggling with the coronavirus outbreak to 4.2 billion euros on Wednesday, the government said, after a state aid package from t...
Apr 07, 2020
Futures surge on early signs of coronavirus slowdown in hot spots
By Uday Sampath Kumar (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures bounced for a second straight day on Tuesday as risk appetite returned on tentative signs the coronavirus outbreak was starting to plateau in...
Apr 07, 2020
