Stock-index futures are pointing to a higher start Friday, following five straight days of losses for the S&P 500. "After spending the week on the back foot in anticipation of Fed Chair Jerome Powell delivering a forceful message on inflation in his Jackson Hole speech today,

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(Reuters) -Future tied to Wall Street's main stock indexes inched higher on Friday in the run-up to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's speech at the Jackson Hole Economic Symposium, which would shed more light on the interest-rate path.