U.S. stock index futures were marginally higher on Friday as investors reevaluated the possibility of a bigger interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve next week, while Boeing fell after the planemaker's factory workers went on strike.

U.S. stock futures were headed for a very quiet opening early on Friday after a week of gains, with the focus still firmly on the Federal Reserve’s monetary-policy meeting next week. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down one point,

S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU24)are up +0.23%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU24) are up +0.08% this morning, while Treasury yields slumped after fresh U.S. economic data left investors uncertain about the size of an anticipated interest rate cut from the Federal Reserve next week.

The Federal Reserve is virtually certain to deliver an interest rate cut when it concludes its policy meeting on Wednesday, but the size of that cut remains far from certain. Fed-funds futures traders have priced in a knife-edge decision between a standard cut of 25 basis points or an outsize move of 50 basis points.

Inflation is still sticky: car insurance, daycare, rent. Inflation data, however, hasn't justified such a move as yet, and the labor market, which represents the second side of th

Things have been pretty expensive over the last couple of years and the Federal Reserve has raised its key interest rate to help battle inflation over that period. Now, a

The impact of the steep, five-percentage-point rise in short-term interest rates has fallen on borrowers who depend on such funding: consumers and small businesses.