Asian Shares Plunge
Stock markets across the Asia-Pacific region closed lower Monday ahead of the latest round of US-China trade negotiations and amid concerns about global growth as a sharp decline in US bond yields Friday suggested an economic downturn is on the horizon. The Shanghai Composite slumped 2%; the Nikkei 225 plunged 3%; the Hang Seng dropped 2%; the Kospi lost 1.9%; and the S&P/ASX 200 fell 1.1%.
NEWS
Luxembourg Current Account Swings to Deficit in Q4
Malta Jobless Rate Falls to Record Low of 3.5% in Q4
Spain Producer Inflation Rises to 1.9%
Poland Jobless Rate Falls to 6.1% in February
Japan Shares Slump 3%
Swiss Current Account Surplus Widens in Q4
German Business Morale Improves Unexpectedly
South Korean Stocks Post Biggest Drop in 5 Months
Czech Consumer Confidence Weakest since 2016
Asian Shares Plunge on Recession Fears
Czech Business Confidence at Near 2-Year Low
Taiwan Retail Sales Tumble 9.1% YoY in February
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Actual Chg %Chg
EURUSD 1.13153 0.0002 0.02%
GBPUSD 1.31772 0.0032 -0.24%
AUDUSD 0.70917 0.0010 0.14%
NZDUSD 0.68782 0.0003 0.05%
USDJPY 110.19 0.2820 0.26%
USDCNY 6.71888 0.0031 -0.05%
USDCHF 0.99349 0.0000 0.00%
USDCAD 1.34127 0.0013 -0.10%
USDMXN 19.1106 0.0251 0.13%
USDINR 68.8500 0.3100 -0.45%
USDBRL 3.9066 0.1145 3.02%
USDRUB 64.2635 0.3325 -0.51%
US Dollar 96.56 0.0878 -0.09%
BTCUSD 3,968.32 14 -0.36%
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Actual Chg %Chg
Dow Jones 25,547 47 0.19%
S&P 500 2,805 5 0.17%
NASDAQ 100 7,319 7 -0.09%
NIKKEI 225 20,977 650 -3.01%
FTSE 100 7,199 8 -0.12%
DAX 11,369 6 0.06%
CAC 40 5,268 1 -0.02%
FTSE MIB 21,192 113 0.54%
IBEX 35 9,219 23 0.25%
ASX 200 6,126 69 -1.11%
SHANGHAI 3,043 61 -1.97%
SENSEX 37,809 356 -0.93%
MOEX 2,494 1 0.04%
TSX 16,089 155 -0.96%
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10Y Actual Chg %Chg
US 2.47 0.014 0.01%
UK 1.05 0.033 0.03%
Japan -0.08 0.016 -0.04%
Germany -0.03 0.064 -0.06%
India 7.47 0.034 -0.03%
Australia 1.81 0.049 0.05%
Canada 1.60 0.071 -0.07%
Russia 8.22 0.090 -0.09%
Norway 1.66 0.098 0.10%
Poland 2.86 0.021 0.02%
China 3.11 0.024 -0.02%
Indonesia 7.65 0.051 0.05%
South Korea 1.89 0.046 -0.05%
Brazil 9.14 0.030 0.03%
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Actual Chg %Chg
Crude Oil 59.1019 0.04 -0.07%
Brent 66.8049 0.14 -0.21%
Natural gas 2.7469 0.01 -0.36%
Gasoline 1.9251 0.00 -0.17%
Heating oil 1.9566 0.01 -0.32%
Gold 1,314.85 3.72 0.28%
Silver 15.5327 0.09 0.57%
Copper 2.8467 0.01 0.33%
Soybeans 906.9883 1.50 0.17%
Live Cattle 129.7250 0.18 -0.13%
Wheat 464.5276 1.75 -0.38%
Cotton 76.88 0.30 0.39%
Rice 11.1950 0.02 -0.13%
Coffee 93.05 0.85 -0.91%
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GDPGDP YoYGDP QoQInterest rateInflation rateJobless rateGov. BudgetDebt/GDPCurrent AccountCurrencyPopulation
193913.10%2.60%2.50%1.50%3.80%-3.50%105.40%-2.4096.64325.72
125901.10%0.20%0.00%1.50%7.80%-0.90%86.70%3.001.13340.72
122386.40%1.50%4.35%1.50%3.80%-3.50%47.60%1.306.721390.08
48720.30%0.50%-0.10%0.20%2.50%-4.50%253.00%4.02110.07126.71
36770.60%0.00%0.00%1.50%3.20%1.70%63.90%8.001.1382.85
26221.30%0.20%0.75%1.90%3.90%-2.00%84.70%-4.101.3266.19
25976.60%1.50%6.25%2.57%6.10%-3.53%68.70%-1.9068.971283.60
25830.90%0.30%0.00%1.30%8.80%-2.60%97.00%-0.801.1367.19
20561.10%0.10%6.50%3.89%12.00%-7.80%74.04%-0.483.91207.66
19350.00%-0.10%0.00%1.00%10.50%-2.10%132.10%2.601.1360.48
16531.60%0.10%1.75%1.50%5.80%-0.90%89.60%-3.001.3436.96
15781.50%0.30%7.75%5.20%4.90%2.70%13.50%2.2064.46146.90
15313.10%1.00%1.75%0.50%3.70%-2.00%38.00%5.601133.7551.45
13232.30%0.20%1.50%1.80%4.90%-1.90%41.90%-3.100.7124.70
13112.40%0.70%0.00%1.10%14.45%-3.10%98.30%1.901.1346.66
11501.70%0.20%8.25%3.94%3.60%-2.90%46.40%-1.6019.13123.52
10165.18%-1.69%6.00%2.57%5.34%-1.76%29.80%-3.0014160.00261.90
851-3.00%-2.40%24.00%19.67%13.50%-1.50%28.30%-5.505.6580.81
8262.00%0.50%0.00%2.60%3.40%1.10%56.70%10.201.1317.12
6842.50%1.60%3.00%-2.20%6.00%-8.90%17.20%1.503.7533.41
6791.40%0.20%-0.75%0.60%2.70%1.20%29.70%9.800.998.48
638-6.20%-1.20%65.76%50.70%9.10%-3.90%57.10%-4.8041.7444.05
5791.78%0.37%1.38%0.23%3.71%-1.40%31.20%14.7030.8723.57
5382.40%1.20%-0.25%1.90%6.60%1.30%40.60%3.209.2610.12
5254.90%0.50%1.50%1.20%6.10%-0.50%50.60%0.303.8037.98
4931.20%0.30%0.00%2.17%5.60%-1.00%103.10%0.701.1311.41
482-16.60%6.80%22.40%2295982.00%7.30%-20.00%23.00%2.003286.7731.43
4553.70%0.80%1.75%0.73%1.00%-2.70%41.80%10.6031.7466.19
4401.80%18.00%39.90%11.70%-3.10%44.20%1.3042000.0082.10
4172.40%0.40%0.00%1.50%8.40%-0.70%78.40%2.001.138.82
3991.70%0.50%1.00%3.00%3.70%4.40%36.20%8.108.555.30
3830.80%0.80%2.75%-2.40%1.72%-2.60%20.70%7.303.679.40
3762.40%5.30%14.00%11.31%23.10%-5.10%21.30%2.00305.90190.89
3512.67%0.75%0.25%1.20%4.30%-2.15%60.90%4.103.638.97
3491.10%1.40%6.75%4.10%27.10%-4.60%53.10%-2.5014.4857.73
3411.30%-0.30%2.75%2.10%2.80%2.20%38.40%4.707.857.48
3343.00%0.10%0.00%0.60%5.60%-0.30%68.00%12.501.134.84
3252.20%0.70%-0.65%1.00%3.70%1.00%36.40%8.006.615.78
3241.90%1.40%1.66%0.50%2.20%0.40%110.60%19.501.355.64
3154.70%1.40%3.25%-0.40%3.30%-3.00%50.90%1.304.0632.05
3146.10%1.60%4.75%3.80%5.20%-3.00%41.90%-2.4052.65104.90
3092.80%0.60%4.25%3.01%12.80%-3.00%48.50%-3.803131.8049.29
3055.79%5.79%10.25%8.21%5.90%-6.60%72.50%-5.40139.25200.16
2773.60%1.30%3.00%1.70%6.80%-2.80%23.60%-3.10678.2318.37
2522.20%0.70%0.00%1.30%6.80%-0.60%61.40%-0.701.135.51
2507.30%7.30%6.00%5.47%4.20%-4.80%27.10%-2.6083.44161.80
2355.50%5.40%15.75%14.40%8.90%-9.50%101.20%-6.5017.2296.20
2247.31%6.88%6.25%2.64%2.19%-3.50%61.50%2.9023201.5095.50
2181.70%0.40%0.00%0.90%6.70%-3.00%125.70%0.501.1310.29