Stock Index Futures Mixed With Focus on Trump’s SOTU Address and U.S. Economic Data

U.S. rate futures have priced in a 95.9% probability of no rate change and a 4.1% chance of a 25 basis point rate cut at the March FOMC meeting.Fed Governor Christopher Waller said on Monday that his decision on whether to back an interest rate cut at the central bank’s March meeting will depend on upcoming labor-market data. “If these data support the idea of an improvement in the labor market in January that continued in February, along with additional progress toward 2% inflation, that could result in my ...