China contracts…PMI numbers show factory activity nosedives in February but local stock markets are up, in anticipation of stimulus from the PBOC. We are live in Riyadh where we speak exclusively to the WHO director-general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. He tells this channel that while the window for containing Coronavirus globally is narrowing, markets shouldn’t panic. Despite the outbreak death toll surpassing 3,000 and the first reported American fatalities, U.S. futures turn to the upside. In Italy, the government has announced it will pump €3.6bn into the economy to mitigate the impact of the virus and avoid a recession. And in corporate news, Nokia CEO Rajeev Suri has agreed to step down amid reports of a potential sale due to struggling profits at the telco giant.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.