Forex news for the North American session on August 13, 2021
Every once in a while you get a piece of economic data, that makes you do a double take and say „What was that again?“ 

NASDAQ closes lower for the week
The S&P and Dow held on for a record closes but just barely. 
The final numbers are showing:
Positive sectors included:

US retail sales, Reserve Bank of New Zealand rate decision, FOMC meeting minutes are some of the highlights
Below are some of the key releases and events for the week:

Down -$0.65 or -0.94%
For the week the price moved lower on Monday falling to a low of $65.13 before rebounding to a high of $69.60 on Thursday. That was just short of the 50% midpoint of the move down from the July 31 high at $69.67.

Another case of the summer lull casting itself over Europe today
The greenback is mostly little changed across the board, though the euro and yen are keeping mild gains of 0.1% against the dollar in European morning trade so far.

Latest data released by Eurostat – 13 August 2021

The rally in equities continues
European indices are up slightly on the session but have continued to build on gains little by little in August trading. The DAX has now moved up to touch the 16,000 level for the first time as record highs continue to be clocked in trading this week.

NHK reports with the figure
That comes after the record daily cases seen in Tokyo earlier . The previous national record came about yesterday, seen at 18,953 daily cases. A look at how the latest virus wave has been playing out in Japan:

Forex news from the European trading session – 12 August 2021
Headlines:
– ndemic progress
Markets:
– USD leads, AUD lags on the day
– European equities slightly higher; S&P 500 futures up 0.1%

10-year Treasury yields seen at 1.35% in European trading today
Treasury yields dipped after the yesterday, with 10-year yields falling to a low near 1.30% before bouncing back slightly and is recovering further to 1.35% today.