U.S. Treasury prices decline further, Powell states that interest rate cuts depend on inflation progress

Wallstreetcn
2026.03.18 18:47

The Bloomberg Dollar Index's gains are expanding, and Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is speaking.

The S&P 500 index fell more than 0.8%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 549 points, a decline of 1.2%, the Nasdaq fell 0.8%, the biotechnology index dropped more than 1.6%, the banking index fell 0.2%, and the semiconductor index rose 0.5%.

The yield on the U.S. two-year Treasury bond rebounded to 3.72%, with an increase of nearly 4.5 basis points, as Powell stated that interest rate cuts depend on inflation progress.

Spot gold maintained a decline of 2.6%, priced at $4,875