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Stock futures were looking for direction Thursday's with markets on edge ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s speech to the Jackson Hole monetary policy conference. It will be tough for markets to take a firm direction until Powell has addressed Jackson Hole. The Fed chair’s speech on Friday could give investors a clearer signal about where interest rates are headed as the central bank gets ready to start slashing borrowing costs in a bid to support the U.S. labor market.