Thursday, December 23, 2021
Afternoon
- Stocks Rise on Economic Optimism; Treasuries Fall: Markets Wrap
- Consumer prices up 5.7% over past year, fastest in 39 years
- In highly vaccinated New England, hospitals are under unprecedented strain as coronavirus surges
- Pre-Christmas Omicron surge leads to record new British COVID cases
- U.S. new home sales race to seven-month high in November
General
- Stocks Rise on Omicron Optimism: Markets Wrap
- Gold Buoyed by Weak Dollar as Silver Gets Boost From U.S. Data
- Oil Holds Near Four-Week High as Omicron Vies With Inventories
- Traumatized and exhausted hospital staff face new wave of Covid cases as omicron rips through U.S.
- U.S. schools struggle with omicron Covid surge as officials push for in-person learning after winter break
- Nearly 22 million Americans are millionaires. Here’s how they got wealthy
- Worker Wages Loom, Money Manager Avoids Bonds: Evergrande Update
- China to Fall Short on Promises to U.S. as Trade Deal Ends
- China's Xian city on high alert, imposes travel curbs as COVID-19 cases climb
- Winter Olympics: China expects COVID-19 cases due to Games arrivals
- China's Sinovac COVID-19 booster weaker against Omicron- Hong Kong study
- Emerging-Market Currencies Are Tied to Yuan Like Never Before
- 'Keep the defender guessing': Russia's military options on Ukraine
- Japan, U.S. draw up plan for any Taiwan emergency - Kyodo
- U.S. Inflation-Adjusted Spending Stagnates as Prices Surge
- Nation’s January Goal: Stay Open, Despite Omicron
- Small Businesses Struck by Omicron Face Hard Choices Before Holidays
- Schools Face Food Shortages Amid Supply-Chain Disruptions
- Turkey Has Calmed Its Economic Crisis for Now. Here’s What Could Restart It.
- ETFs Claim More of Muni Market
- US financial conditions remain easy even as Fed pulls back on stimulus
- Turks wary of ‘Erdogan dollars’ despite hard sell
- Brazil: Bolsonaro embraces the politics he once vowed to abolish
Evening
- Stock futures rise slightly as market looks to extend comeback rally to a third day
- Asian Stocks Climb as Traders Mull Omicron Latest: Markets Wrap
- Omicron accounts for 90% of Covid cases in some parts of the U.S., CDC director says
- U.S. heads into second Christmas with Covid as cases rise and Americans rush to get booster shots