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,

Just three weeks ago, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke to reporters after the central bank had kept its key interest rate unchanged for a fifth straight meeting and said the job market was “solid.

U.S. stocks dipped on Tuesday as investors gear up for what Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell will say about the path of interest rates at a key conference later in the week.