Friday's News Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Skid on Tech as Policy Tightening Saps Mood: Markets Wrap 

[AP] Turkey Stock Rout Triggers Circuit Breakers Twice in an Hour

[AP] Turkey's lira sinks to new low, prompting bank to intervene

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Declines As Omicron and Monetary Tightening Darken Outlook

[CNN] A Covid-19 'viral blizzard' is about to hit the US, expert says, with 'millions' to be infected soon

[NYP] ‘Striking’ vaccine resistance in Omicron variant: Columbia University

[Reuters] Omicron rewrites the COVID plan for 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] South Africa Hospital Rate Falls; Drug Weakness: Virus Update

[Reuters] BOJ dials back pandemic funding as global central banks eye post-COVID era

[Reuters] S&P dumps Chinese property giant Evergrande into default

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] S&P Labels Evergrande Defaulter; Shimao Cut: Evergrande Update

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Turkey’s Erdogan Is Losing Support Where He Can Least Afford It

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Bundesbank Lifts Inflation Outlook as Weidmann Urges Vigilance

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Era of Low Yields Confronts Central Banks Focused on Inflation

[Reuters] Global bond funds see biggest outflow since early April 2020 - Lipper

[Reuters] Russia tells NATO to leave eastern Europe, stay out of former USSR

[Bloomberg] U.K. Study Finds No Evidence Omicron Cases Are Less Severe Than Delta

[Bloomberg] Omicron Presents a Major Challenge for China

[FT] The liquidity threat looming over markets in 2022

[FT] Turkish business reels from lira fallout in Erdogan’s ‘laboratory’