US stock futures steady with Fed rate cut seen as done deal Yahoo Finance . US stock futures edged lower on Friday as Wall Street took stock of the US economy from a lofty, record-setting perch ahead of the Federal Reserve's highly anticipated decision on interest rates next week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures ( YM=F ) and S&P 500 futures ( ES=F ) both fell roughly 0.2%. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 ( NQ=F) slipped just below the flat line. All three major indexes rallied to records on Thursday , with the Dow ( ^DJI ) closing above 46,000 for the first time. CBOT - Delayed Quote • USD Investors have taken in several weeks' worth of economic data to gain clues on the Fed's next move. Over the last week, jobs data has shown clear signals of labor market weakness, with just over 20,000 jobs added last month and initial jobless claims surging to a near four-year high. Meanwhile, inflation remains stubborn, with c...
