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Rwanda has secured a $109.4
million in emergency coronavirus funding from the International
Monetary Fund, the first African country to do so, the fund said
late on Thursday.
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A plunge in the rupiah could
leave Indonesian firms exposed to $4 billion in debt next year,
after credit ratings agencies hit some companies this week with
another round of credit downgrades as the coronavirus pandemic
chokes economic activity.
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China has ample policy tools to
support the virus-hit economy, but it will tread warily in
cutting the benchmark deposit rate due to elevated inflation and
the potential impact on ordinary savers, Liu Guoqiang, a vice
central bank governor, said on Friday.
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Euro zone states that need aid
from the bloc's bailout fund to tackle the coronavirus should
get it quickly and be first subjected to visits from officials
proposing policies like during the euro zone crisis, Germany's
finance minister said.
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Russia's services sector shrank
at the fastest rate in 11 years in March as the coronavirus
outbreak hammered new business at home and abroad, a business
survey showed on Friday.
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Beijing-backed Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) said on Friday it was
proposing to its board to form a $5 billion financing facility
to help public and private sector entities navigate the
coronavirus pandemic.
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Saudi Arabia has advanced to 3
p.m. (1200 GMT) its curfew in three areas, starting from Friday
until further notice, state news agency SPA said, citing a
senior official of the interior ministry.
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When the Federal Reserve
polled Wall Street about financial stability risks last fall,
"global pandemic" didn't make the list.
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* HK->Shanghai Connect daily quota used 0.6%, Shanghai->HK
daily
quota used 0%
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* Investors see social changes helping online businesses
thrive
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