Here are some events to watch this week:
Fed officials participate in the Jackson Hole Economic Policy Symposium on Friday
July U.S. personal income and spending data Friday. Investors will scrutinize the personal consumption expenditures price index, an inflation measure closely watched by the Fed.
Some of the main moves in markets:
Stocks
The S&P 500 fell 0.6% as of 4 p.m. New York time
The Nasdaq 100 fell 0.6%
The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%
The MSCI World index fell 0.5%
Currencies
The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index rose 0.3%
The euro fell 0.2% to $1.1754
The British pound fell 0.5% to $1.3698
The Japanese yen was little changed at 110.03 per dollar
Bonds
The yield on 10-year Treasuries was little changed at 1.34%
Germany’s 10-year yield advanced one basis point to -0.41%
Britain’s 10-year yield was little changed at 0.60%
Commodities
West Texas Intermediate crude fell 0.8% to $67.84 a barrel
Gold futures rose 0.2% to $1,794.70 an ounce