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US stock futures turned higher on Tuesday as a milder inflation reading kept bets that the Fed would hold rates steady intact, while JPMorgan (JPM) results kicked off the fourth quarter earnings season.
A record-sized block trade was placed in the fed funds futures market Tuesday, just days ahead of a key set of US labor data that could shape US interest-rate expectations.
Trading in fed funds futures hit record levels in 2025 as investors navigated a year of shifting monetary policy expectations, according to data compiled by CME Group Interest Rates.
US stock futures tilted lower on Tuesday as investors braced for a pivotal inflation reading, while JPMorgan (JPM) results kicked off the fourth quarter earnings season. Markets are now in wait-and-see mode ahead of the latest reading on US consumer inflation,
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday the Trump administration has threatened him with a criminal indictment over Congressional testimony he gave last summer, sending subpoenas to the Fed on Friday in what he called a "pretext" aimed at furthering pressure on him in a dispute with President Donald Trump over interest rates.