[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Stocks Drop on Manchin Shock, Virus: Markets Wrap
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Lira Slides After Erdogan Says Islam Demands Lower Rates
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chile Assets Tumble After Left-Wing Boric’s Presidential Win
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Kaisa Shares Plunge in First Trading Since Default Declared
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Omicron Fears Ignite Market Selloff Just as Traders Clear Books
[Reuters] Oil prices slide as rapid Omicron spread dims fuel demand outlook
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] U.S. Economy Loses Fed, Fiscal Props After Powell-Manchin Pivots
[CNN] The latest on the coronavirus pandemic and the Omicron variant
[CNBC] Omicron casts a shadow over winter holidays as countries consider serious restrictions
[AP] Inflation squeezes holiday budgets for low-income shoppers
[Reuters] Analysis: After inflation, a bond supply shock may be next for markets
[CNBC] China’s central bank cuts a benchmark rate for the first time since the pandemic
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Property Stocks Tumble; China Backs Deals: Evergrande Update
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Chinese Banks Cut Borrowing Costs To Counter Economic Slowdown
[Reuters] Sinopharm COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron – study
[Reuters] Pro-Beijing candidates sweep ‘patriots’-only Hong Kong vote amid low turnout
[UK Guardian] Who is Gabriel Boric? The radical student leader who will be Chile’s next president
[Reuters] “I’m back” says Lula, vowing a broad alliance ahead of Brazil election
[Reuters] Global M&A activity smashes all-time records to top $5 trillion in 2021
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Europe’s Energy Prices Soar as a Deep Freeze Arrives
[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Germany Picks Bundesbank Veteran Nagel as Central Bank Chief
[USAT] Himalayan glaciers melting at an ‘exceptional’ rate because of global warming, study finds
[Bloomberg] Goldman Cuts U.S. GDP Forecast as Biden Economic Agenda in Doubt
[Bloomberg] China Offshore Bond Defaults Hit Record in December
[Bloomberg] El-Erian: Turkey Can’t Take Much More of Its Currency Crisis
[WSJ] Covid-19’s Omicron Variant Starts to Take Toll on Businesses
[WSJ] Hospitals Are Strained Even Before Omicron Hits
[WSJ] Inflation Hawk to Lead German Bundesbank
[FT] China easing fails to calm Evergrande jitters in property sector
[FT] Supply chains: companies shift from ‘just in time’ to ‘just in case’
[FT] The dangers of politicising ‘independent’ central banks