Although its health impact outside China has so far been minimal, Wuhan flu is clearly biggest risk to China’s growth this yr, & main source of risk for mkts. It’s also fast-moving target, so anything written about it today likely to be out of date by tomorrow, GK’s Kroeber says. pic.twitter.com/G1JXE4oVXG
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) February 4, 2020
This corona charts sure looks scary t.co/F3MAsyoFxO
— The Market Ear (@themarketear) February 4, 2020
Is that bad. t.co/kd75Ajq92d
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla) February 4, 2020
Economists are scrambling to cut their forecasts for China's first-quarter GDP on the coronavirus outbreak.
A handy round-up here: t.co/X97t5t6De6 pic.twitter.com/dFp48Y9PEU
— Tracy Alloway (@tracyalloway) February 4, 2020
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