U.S. Stock Futures Hold Steady as Investors Await Powell’s Jackson Hole Speech

Markets hold their breath—Powell's Jackson Hole address could shake everything.

The Waiting Game

Traders aren't touching anything until they hear from the Fed chair. Everyone's glued to screens, parsing every potential hint about rate cuts or hikes. No major moves—just nervous anticipation.

Jackson Hole's Shadow

This speech always sends ripples through global markets. Powell's words carry more weight than most economic data drops. Investors know it—hedge funds, retail, even crypto whales watch this one.

Steady Does It—For Now

Futures barely twitch. No panic selling, no FOMO buying. Pure stalemate. Classic pre-big-news market behavior—everyone's too scared to blink first.

Finance's favorite guessing game continues—central bankers versus the rest of us. Place your bets.

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Futures on the Nasdaq 100 (NDX), the Dow Jones Industrial Average (), and the S&P 500 Index () were up 0.06%, 0.12%, and 0.09%, respectively, at 6:16 p.m. EDT on August 21.

On Thursday’s regular trading session, the S&P 500 recorded its fifth consecutive day of losses, falling 0.4%. The Nasdaq Composite and the Dow Jones also ended the session in negative territory, down 0.34% and 0.34%, respectively.

As of Thursday’s close, all three major indices were on track for a losing week, with the S&P 500 down 1.2%, the Nasdaq down 2.4%, and the Dow off by about 0.4% week-to-date.