Asian Markets Mixed, Cryptocurrencies Rally

April 17, 2020 Asian stocks cryptocurrency IMF
Asian markets finished mixed on Thursday as the recent rebound from the March lows run out of steam amid dismal economic data. IMF forecast that Asia’s economic growth will halt in 2020 for the first time in 60 years while it expects a 7.6% growth in 2021. The Japanese business confidence plunged to fresh decade lows in April, while the retail sales and industrial production data from the USA came in at multiyear lows.
The Nikkei 225 finished 1.33% …

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