Thursday Afternoon Links

[Reuters] S&P 500 scales new record high on tech boost

[Reuters] Oil falls on surge in U.S. gasoline stocks

[Reuters] Yellen tells world's big economies: spend big, danger lurks

[Reuters] Fed Chair Powell: expect price rises this year, but not inflation

[Reuters] U.S. Senate Banking chair presses Wall Street banks on Archegos ties

[CNBC] Researchers identify five new cases of ‘double mutant’ Covid variant in California

[CNBC] New York is raising taxes for millionaires. Will other states follow?

[The Hill] GM halting production at plants in North America due to chip shortage

[ABC] Prices on new and used cars at all-time high

[CNBC] The U.S. is facing a lithium-ion battery shortage as electric vehicle production ramps up

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Latin American Central Banks Staring Down Spike in Energy Costs

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Housing-Bubble Fear Spurs Canada to Weigh Tighter Mortgage Rules

[Reuters] Merkel tells Putin to pull back troops as Kremlin accuses Ukraine of provocations