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(1) Viral lyrics: Getting to know you, getting to know all about you. (2) May or may not be highly contagious, lethal, and seasonal. (3) Mild symptoms might be undercounted, exaggerating the death rate. (4) Time to consider extreme measures to stop auto accidents? (5) Tech to the rescue? (6) Shaving GDP outlook. (7) Virus bad for capital spending and exports, good for residential investment. (8) M-PMI around 50 corresponds to 2.1% real GDP growth, but also to low-single-digits S&P 500 revenues growth. (9) Truck tonnage index in record-high territory, but truck sales taking a dive recently. (10) Growth in railcar loadings of containers is still weak, reflecting Trump’s deescalated trade wars. (11) Now global health crisis is infecting global trade. (12) Swedes leading the way in e-currency.