Thursday Afternoon Links

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Tech Sinks Stocks in Reversal After Post-Fed Rally: Markets Wrap 

[Reuters] Gold advances as dollar retreats after Fed verdict

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Oil Extends Gain on U.S. Stockpile Decline and Weaker Dollar

[CNN] Covid-19 is raging across the US, with a surge in cases and hospitalizations causing new disruptions

[CNN] Records fall and borders close as world races to get control of Omicron

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Shock BOE Rate Hike Drives Traders, Economists to Expect More in 2022

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] ECB Acts to Avert ‘Brutal Transition’ in Exiting Crisis Mode

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] NYC Covid Rise Called ‘Alarming’; U.K. Hits Record: Virus Update

[Yahoo News] An explosion of likely Omicron cases at Cornell shows what's next for the U.S.

[NBC] ‘We've Never Seen This Before in NYC': COVID Positivity Rate Doubles in 3 Days on Omicron Spread

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Banxico Shows Hawkish Side With Larger-Than-Forecast Rate Hike

[Bloomberg] NYC Sees Offices Empty, Shows Canceled as Covid Wave Sweeps In

[WP] Omicron surges around the world as South Africa’s daily cases surpass delta peak

[WSJ] Highly Vaccinated South Korea Can’t Slow Down Covid-19