U.S. equity futures slipped on Thursday, signaling continued weakness for Wall Street as investors brace for Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s appearance at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Lingering uncertainty over the direction of interest rates has weighed heavily on sentiment,

The US benchmark indices like Dow Jones, Nasdaq, and S&P dropped at the US market open on Thursday, 21 August 2025, as investors exercised caution ahead of the US Fed's Jackson Hole meeting on Friday.

Both Wall Street and the White House will be paying close attention to Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s high-profile speech Friday at the Fed’s annual economic symposium in Jackson Hole, Wyoming