Stocks fall, U.S. yields rise after Fed officials focus on taper timeline - Reuters

10:18am PDT - August 26th, 2021    dow jones today - Reuters

Global equity markets slipped while U.S. Treasury yields rose to two-week highs on Thursday after two hawkish Federal Reserve officials called for the U.S. central bank to start ending its bond-buying program ahead of a key speech by Fed Chair Jerome Powell.