SNB Chair Jordan spoke in an interview with Swiss newspaper Neue Zuercher Zeitung (info via Reuters) 
He says it would be completely premature to change the Bank’s very loose monetary policy, and that more could be done if necessary:

The 19-year-old who had a miraculous trading run
This is the story of Thomas, the 19-year-old trader who was working the factory night shift and trading on his phone. In a remarkable run over just four hours he turned $200 to $190,000 (CAD 250,000) and kept it all. It’s an amazing run of nerve, luck and

Forex news for North American trading on May 21, 2021
A snapshot of other markets into the close for the week:
– Spot gold is trading at three dollars or 0.16% at $1880
The price of bitcoin is heading into the weekend on a bearish note. The price is trading down around $4300 or -10.75% at $35,740. The low price today reached $35,231.99.

NASDAQ index and S&P closes lower.
The US stock indices are closed for the week. The NASDAQ index was the weakest of the majors today. The Dow industrial average closed higher. The S&P was marginally lower:

Trades down around -0.51%
The Dow industrial average is still up around 0.4% at 34212.
The S&P index is down around 4.2-0.10% at 4155.13. It’s low reached 4151.72 earlier in the day

Remarks by ECB president, Christine Lagarde
– Believes that we are in a recovery process
– But the recovery is still uncertain
– Euro area will go back to pre-virus levels in 2022
Her comments on inflation are the more notable ones here but it fits with what most policymakers – especially the Fed – have been sticking with

AUD/USD erases the slight decline from earlier to push back up to 0.7775
As such, buyers hold near-term control but will have to try and work past the swing highs yesterday at around 0.7780 first before challenging the 0.7800 level next.

Not a whole lot going on thus far
European indices are posting slight gains so far on the session while US futures are seen up 0.2%, as risk tones keep steadier and calmer after the bounce yesterday.

RKI president, Lothar Wieler, warns against virus variants
That is not too comforting and this will be a risk to watch out for as major economies start to progress with the reopening ahead of the summer. There is already a growing fear in the UK over the India COVID-19 variant in the past few days and

Latest data released by Markit/CIPS – 21 May 2021
Pent-up demand is the obvious driver here although strong price pressures are still a downside to note in this report, much like everywhere else at the moment.