US stock futures wavered as investors digested another difficult day for tech stocks and persistent uncertainty on Federal Reserve policy.

Stocks often rise the week of the Fed’s big Jackson Hole gathering. Don’t count on it this year.

Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell is scheduled to speak at the central bank's annual Jackson Hole Symposium on Friday, an event that could be a major test of the stock market's post-"Liberation Day" rally.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole conference on Friday comes amid the labor market showing signs of weakness and inflation ticking higher due to tariffs.

This week's set-piece event is the Jackson Hole central-bank gathering in Wyoming, slated for Thursday through Saturday. Investors will tune into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech for any hints on whether the central bank might kick off interest-rate cuts in September.

U.S. stock futures were trading lower early Wednesday as traders awaited earnings reports from America’s big-box retailers and the release of

Stock index futures were down on Wednesday, as investors awaited more retail earnings and the Federal Reserve's latest meeting minutes. S&P 500 futures (SPX) -0.1%, Nasdaq 100 futures (US100:IND) -0.2%,