Below gives key levels of markets in the...>

SNAPSHOT: Below gives key levels of markets in the second half of the Asia-Pac

session:

- Nikkei 225 down 506.6 points at 22607.63

- ASX 200 down 162.926 points at 5977.2

- Shanghai Comp. up 7.028 points at 2950.78

- JGB 10-Yr future up 18 ticks at 152.1, yield down 1.4bp at 0.011%

- Aussie 10-Yr future up 9 ticks at 99.085, yield down 9.1bp at 0.925%

- U.S. 10-Yr future +0-06+ at 138-22, yield down 0.98bp at 0.715%

- WTI crude down $1.27 at $38.32, Gold down $8.35 at $1730.16

- USD/JPY down 5 pips at Y107.07

* FED TO KEEP RAMPING UP BOND BUYS, SEES NO HIKES THROUGH 2022

* POWELL WARNS OF A "LONG WAY" TO RECOVERY

* MNUCHIN BACKS NEW STIMULUS PLAN TARGETED TO STRAGGLERS IN REOPENING (BBG)

* OECD WARNS OF DEEPEST ECONOMIC SCARS IN PEACETIME FOR A CENTURY (FT)

* OECD: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES FACE BIGGEST ECONOMIC HIT FROM COVID-19 (Politico)