Friday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop in Big Options Day Amid Heavy Volume: Markets Wrap

[Reuters] Stocks slide, safe havens gain as Omicron worries weigh 

[Reuters] Turkey working to ease banks' capital strains amid lira crash - sources

[NBCNY] ‘This Is a Whole New Animal:' NY Reports Highest Single-Day Case Total of Pandemic

[UK Sun] UK Covid cases hit ANOTHER record high with 93k infected as Omicron now DOMINANT

[Reuters] Omicron more likely to reinfect than Delta, no milder -study

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] New York Cases Hit Record; NFL Delays Games: Virus Update

[CNBC] Not just Joe Manchin: Here’s what stands in the way of Democrats passing Biden’s social spending bill

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Fed’s Waller Says Rate Hike Warranted Shortly After Taper Ends

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Williams Says Fed Is Preparing for Higher Rates in 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Rates Market Calls Fed’s Bluff After Historical Hawkish Pivot

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Must Follow Its Peers With a Tough Inflation Message, Wunsch Says

[Reuters] Exclusive: Next in China regulatory crackdown: online brokers - sources