Dollar's post-Fed rally pauses, U.S. stocks end lower

Rate Range Projection by Bank

Next week 117.00 – 119.00

Next 3 months 109.00 - 120.00

U.S. Treasury debt yields inched higher, continuing a weeks-long trend. Markets appeared to be adjusting for what is expected to be a quiet holiday period for economic data

News that a Chinese warship has seized an underwater drone deployed by a U.S. oceanographic vessel in the South China Sea sparked some worries about geopolitical tensions and added to some of the pressure in stocks, Jason Ware, chief investment officer at Albion Financial Group, Salt Lake City, Utah, and other market watchers said.