Dow futures drop 250 points and tech stocks slump anew ahead of Fed minutes
May 19, 2021 at 07:23 AM EDT
U.S. stocks on Wednesday are set to drop for the third straight session as fears of inflation continued to dampen sentiment on Wall Street. Investors will watch for minutes from the Federal Reserve's mos recent policy meeting for clues on how the central bank will address evidence of pricing pressures building in the economy, which it has so far described as transitory.