{"id":119238,"date":"2025-09-25T15:04:52","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:04:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/?p=119238"},"modified":"2025-09-25T15:04:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T11:04:55","slug":"wall-street-futures-steady-ahead-of-jobs-data-and-shutdown-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wall-street-futures-steady-ahead-of-jobs-data-and-shutdown-fears\/09\/25\/market-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Wall Street Futures Steady Ahead of Jobs Data and Shutdown Fears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. stock index futures traded around the flatline early Thursday as investors awaited weekly jobless claims and GDP figures for cues on the Federal Reserve\u2019s next steps, while political gridlock in Washington fueled concerns of a potential government shutdown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At <strong>05:55 ET (09:55 GMT)<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Dow Jones Futures<\/strong> rose 65 points, or <strong>0.1%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>S&amp;P 500 Futures<\/strong> slipped 6 points, or <strong>0.1%<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nasdaq 100 Futures<\/strong> dropped 28 points, or <strong>0.1%<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The muted performance follows a second straight day of declines on Wall Street, with technology stocks leading losses as stretched valuations and Fed uncertainty weighed on sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fed Path Remains Unclear<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Markets are digesting Fed Chair <strong>Jerome Powell\u2019s warning<\/strong> earlier this week that there is \u201cno risk-free path\u201d for policy, given the dual risks of sticky inflation and a cooling labor market. The comments came after last week\u2019s <strong>25-basis point rate cut<\/strong>, which left traders uncertain about how many reductions the Fed will implement this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investors will be watching closely for <strong>weekly jobless claims<\/strong>, with estimates at around <strong>230,000<\/strong>, alongside the <strong>final reading of Q2 GDP<\/strong>. On Friday, the <strong>core PCE price index<\/strong> \u2014 the Fed\u2019s preferred inflation gauge \u2014 will take center stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Government Shutdown Looms<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Political risk has re-emerged, with lawmakers deadlocked over funding measures. The <strong>White House budget office<\/strong> has instructed agencies to prepare layoff plans in case of a partial shutdown starting next week. Markets fear the impasse could weigh further on confidence if it triggers mass layoffs across federal agencies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Corporate Earnings in Focus<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Accenture (NYSE:ACN)<\/strong> is set to report before the bell, with investors looking for commentary on how <strong>AI consulting services<\/strong> are shaping growth amid economic headwinds.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Jabil Circuit (NYSE:JBL)<\/strong>, a key <strong>Apple supplier<\/strong>, also reports. Its stock has surged <strong>57% this year<\/strong>, reflecting optimism around AI-driven data center demand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Intel (NASDAQ:INTC)<\/strong> shares rose after reports the company approached <strong>Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL)<\/strong> regarding a potential investment, following Nvidia\u2019s recent $5 billion injection into the struggling chipmaker.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. stock index futures traded around the flatline early Thursday as investors awaited weekly jobless claims and GDP figures for cues on the Federal Reserve\u2019s next steps, while political gridlock in Washington fueled concerns of a potential government shutdown. At 05:55 ET (09:55 GMT): Dow Jones Futures rose 65 points, or 0.1% S&amp;P 500 Futures &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":110831,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6827,49,39,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-daily-economic-reports","category-economic-reports","category-global-stock-markets","category-market-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119239,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119238\/revisions\/119239"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noortrends.ae\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}