U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin's suggestion on Tuesday that the country's stock exchanges might shorten their trading hours did not go over well with investors reeling from Wall Street's worst day in three decades and growing fears about the coronavirus.
THE European Central Bank (ECB) is all but certain to keep borrowing costs at a record high on Thursday (Apr 11) but is likely to signal that a rate cut could come as soon as June, given a sharp slowdown in inflation and continued economic weakness.