By Eshe Nelson and Matt Phillips Stocks on Wall Street slid on Wednesday for a second consecutive session, continuing their tumultuous ride since the discovery of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus last week. The S&P 500 fell 1.2 percent, as an early gain quickly faded after news that the […]
Omicrons
Economists generally expect the world economy to weather any fresh wave of coronavirus infections caused by the Omicron variant relatively easily, even if the latest version of the virus has clouded the economic outlook with uncertainty. A central reason for their relatively optimistic initial assessment is the growing ability of […]