BOJ tankan to show big manufacturers' mood plunging to over 7-year low on virus woes - Reuters poll

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese big manufacturers' confidence in the three months to March likely worsened to its lowest in over seven years, a Reuters poll found as the global spread of coronavirus batters financial markets and raises the risk of a sharp recession.The Bank of Japan's quarterly tankan business sentiment survey is forecast to show the headline index for big manufacturers' confidence fell to minus 10 in March from zero three months earlier, the poll of 15 economists showed.That would..