US futures are pointing to a marginally higher open as of 04:05 ET. European equity markets have opened in the negative territory, following broad weakness in Asia. No big directional drivers in play ahead of next week's key central bank policy meetings. Bank CEOs have warned over recessionary concerns, but the labor market and consumer resilience has played into the higher-for-longer narrative and upside risk to terminal rate forecasts.
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