Futures logged their biggest losing streak in seven years on Friday, dropping about 0.6 percent on growing worries of slowing global growth and the threat of a U.S. government shutdown.
The Federal Reserve's plan, announced Wednesday, to keep raising interest rates was an added headache for investors already fearful that trade wars and other geopolitical concerns would grind economic and corporate growth to a halt.
The U.S. central bank's view that the economy is strong will be tested amid a slew of economic data, including third-quarter GDP and November consumer spending, the Fed's preferred measure of inflation.
Adding to the nerves was a chance that the government could be shut down unless President Donald Trump and Congress cut a deal before midnight on their long-running battle over funds for a Mexico border wall.
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