Wednesday Evening Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Asia Stocks Seen Steady; Dollar Sinks After CPI: Markets Wrap

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Climb While Dollar Slides Most Since May: Markets Wrap

[CNBC] Natural gas surges 14% as cold snap ahead is expected to boost demand

[CNBC] WHO says omicron cases are ‘off the charts’ as global infections set new records

[CNN] Here's why grocery stores are struggling to stock their empty shelves

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed Says Economic Optimism Showing Signs of Cooling in Places

[CNBC] Omicron disrupts transit, emergency services as workers call out sick: ‘Most people are going to get Covid’

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ‘Don’t Fight the Fed’: High-Grade Debt Buyers Turn More Cautious

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Brainard Says Inflation Is Too High and Curbing It Is a Top Task

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Inflation Data Spike Finally Spurs an FX Trader Awakening

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] As NFT sales top $4 billion, what's in store for 2022?

[Bloomberg] As Delta Retreats Experts Warn Darker Days Lie Ahead for Hospitals

[Bloomberg] China Faces Mounting Economic Damage From Its Covid-Zero Policy

[Bloomberg] China’s True Unemployment Pain Masked by Official Numbers

[NYT] Housing costs swell, hampering home buyers and pushing up rents.

[FT] Fed's Bullard: Four Interest Rate Rises in 2022 Now Appear Likely

[FT] Lael Brainard says fighting inflation is Fed’s ‘most important task’