World Stock Markets and Corona Virus

Big declines in the United States, Europe, and Asia

and an inverted yield curve indicate market players are starting to fear the worst.

With two days of big declines so far this week, global stock markets appear to be pricing

in a longer-term economic downturn : from the coronavirus outbreak

which has now spread rapidly from the world’s second-largest economy, China, to the Middle East and Europe

One sign is that as investors start to see real prospects of a global economic slowdown

they are looking for safe havens for their money :

sending the yields on U.S. government bonds down to near-record lows

(and pushing up yields in recession-prone places like Italy and Greece)

The International Monetary Fund has so far only tweaked its outlook for China

and the rest of the world this year due to the outbreak

of the coronavirus disease now known as COVID-19

At the same time, fears of a global economic slowdown are driving down

the price of crude oil to the low $50 range per barrel

—bad news for oil-reliant government budgets in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia

and other OPEC powerhouses in the region.

For Europe, the arrival of the coronavirus comes at a particularly bad time

just as struggling economies were starting to climb out

of last year’s doldrums and showing signs of recovery.

IF the outbreak extends

IF there are travel restrictions

IF people aren’t working

—all that goes straight into lower GDP !

Japan closes schools

Saudi Arabia halts pilgrimages due to Coronavirus fears -

Italy's priests told to take steps at mass to counter coronavirus

Advice includes avoiding placing holy communion wafers directly on tongues

2h ago 14:29

Dr Michael Ryan, executive director of WHO health emergencies programme

said that no decision is impending on the fate of the Tokyo Olympics. He said:

My understanding is no decision will be taken in the near-term regarding the future of the Olympics ...

Everyone is working together to try to preserve what is a fantastic global event

Here’s a recap of what has happened so far today:

Coronavirus could trigger economic damage on the scale of the 2008 financial crisis

analysts have warned, amid growing concerns over the fallout from the deadly disease.

bwoy! wat I have told you is more relevant and truthful than all dat.

the stock market news is nonsense, lie, fake and fraud. it is all them..the Jews, the billionaires in total control of the USA and using the peoples money to keep all that fakery going.

the stock market is total fakery, absolute fakery. investors my arse! who are these investors looking for safe havens..get one name that is not a Jew..just one!!!!!!?????

in this guava season, nutten going orn anywhere, no liquidity, job losses, high, massive inflation stealing the peoples liquidity... business failures everywhere...you talking investors and safe havens...where in the hell are those safe havens?

how come there is so much activity on the stock market when there is declining liquidity everywhere else?

and where is the liquidity that fuels the stock market coming from then..where is it being earned that is transferred over to the market..and who is earning it and investing in the market?

the banksters are simply printing the peoples money and pouring it into the stock market to keep it going that's all