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While much of the attention in the bond market has been focused on the Treasury side, corporate fixed income has been in its own state of turmoil.

The entire country of Italy is shut down as it attempts to slow the coronavirus outbreak and stem a rising death toll. Here's what it looks like.

A Brazilian official who met with President Trump at Mar-a-Lago over the weekend has tested positive for the coronavirus, according to media reports.

Trump's European travel restrictions could further strain airlines and drive some of them out of business, a trade group warned.

Stocks plummeted after Trump and the Fed failed to quell concerns over a possible economic slowdown stemming from the coronavirus.

The world's leading forces in live entertainment have recommended that large scale events taking place through the end of March be postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

Oil has lost half of its value this year as crude gets hit from both the supply and demand side.

European Central Bank (ECB) President Christine Lagarde told CNBC Thursday that her institution was "fully committed to avoid any fragmentation."

The novel coronavirus, now named COVID-19, was declared a pandemic on March 11, 2020. It is the sixth pandemic named in about a century. So when does a disease become a pandemic, and what does the designation mean for governments and markets? CNBC's Tom Chitty explains.

Lagarde suggested that the coronavirus is likely to keep spreading, despite President Donald Trump's travel ban on some European nations.

U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced a change of strategy to tackle the coronavirus outbreak.

European markets plunged Thursday as investors reacted to President Donald Trump's decision to impose travel restrictions.

President Trump said that markets will be "just fine" as U.S. stocks sold off in yet another dramatic session fueled by worries over the coronavirus outbreak and the administration's response to it.

Most people who have been in 26 European countries in the 14 days before their scheduled arrival in the United States will not be allowed in.

More than 100 internet-connected electric storage heaters are involved in the scheme.

Actors Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have tested positive for the coronavirus, Hanks said via Instagram Wednesday.

The European Central Bank decided not to cut interest rates, despite market expectations for a reduction amid the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

The price of oil is likely to fall "much lower from here" in a political standoff between Saudi Arabia and Russia, said Bob McNally, who was energy advisor to former U.S. president George W. Bush.

The spread of a new coronavirus disease — the COVID-19 — is one of the biggest threats to the global economy and financial markets.

Some believe the worst hit from a sharp drop in oil prices will be long-time allies of de facto OPEC leader, Saudi Arabia.