China held off informing the World Health Organization that the coronavirus "was a contagion" for much of January so it could order medical supplies from abroad.
Gold prices could "break the highs" seen earlier this year, after declining in March along with assets across the board, according to UBS Investment Bank's Joni Teves.
Among Asian economies, corporate debt builds up the fastest and the most in China, South Korea and Singapore, according to a report by Australian bank ANZ last week.
China was the first country to be affected by the coronavirus disease — and it appeared to be among the first to contain the outbreak, as far as official data showed.
Jing Yang, director of corporate research at Fitch Ratings, expects electric vehicles to outperform an overall slump in China's car sales this year given strong policy support.
South Korea's economy, Asia's fourth largest, suffered its biggest contraction since 2008 in the first quarter as the pandemic took a heavy toll on businesses and consumers.
President Donald Trump said Sunday that he believed that a "mistake" in China was the cause of the spreading coronavirus pandemic, though he did not present any evidence for the claim.
Warren Buffett said Berkshire Hathaway is still sitting on its massive cash hoard because the conglomerate hasn't found a company to buy at an attractive price.
Dozens of states have unveiled reopening plans and several, including Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, have already begun to allow nonessential retailers to reopen.