Forex news for North American trading on June 18, 2021:
Markets:
– Gold down $9 to $1764
– US 10-year yields down 6.4 bps to 1.436%
– S&P 500 down 55 points to 4166
Bullard set the tone with some hawkish comments just as New York trade was ramping up. The led to a fresh bid in the US dollar

Dow down for the fifth consecutive day
A snapshot of the closes shows

For the trading week, the major indices were lower led by the Dow which felt -3.45%

Fed speak will be one of the highlights
The Fed dominated the past week and it will likely be more of the same in the days ahead with a heavy slate of speakers scheduled to offer their thoughts on the stance of monetary policy.