Global Stock Markets Plunge Despite Drastic Action by Governments as Coronavirus Paralyses Economies

• Global Stock Markets Plunge Despite Drastic Action by Governments as Coronavirus Paralyses Economies
  by https://www.rt.com/
  World equities continued to fall on Monday, even as the US Federal Reserve slashes rates to zero and launches a massive quantitative easing program to try to offset the coronavirus impact on the global economy.
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  European stocks opened sharply lower on Monday, reacting to the shutdown taking place on the continent as efforts continue to contain the outbreak. Spain has imposed a 15-day nationwide lockdown, banning its 46 million citizens from all non-essential movement. France and Germany have strengthened their borders in order to contain the spread of the virus.
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  London’s FTSE 100 index opened Monday’s trading over eight percent lower as the British government is facing growing calls to take more drastic measures to tackle the crisis. Germany’s DAX is down nearly nine percent and France’s CAC lost over 10 percent.
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