Big Bazooka…Italian bond yields fall after ECB President Christine Lagarde announces an almost €600bn extension to its pandemic support package in order to help offset the sharp growth contraction throughout the eurozone. In Asia, markets edge higher as U.S. averages break a four-day winning streak. Unemployment in the States, however, is set to near 20 per cent in today’s jobs report. We hear exclusively from Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida, who says that the shock of the Coronavirus outbreak will serve to accelerate tech changes within the autos sector. And we are live at Lingfield Race Course in Surrey as horse racing – worth £4bn yearly to the British economy – becomes the first major sport to restart following the UK lockdown.

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