U.S. stock futures were headed for a very quiet opening early on Friday after a week of gains, with the focus still firmly on the Federal Reserve’s monetary-policy meeting next week.

Recent government data have shown further progress on trimming inflation closer to the Fed's 2% goal. Inflation in the U.S. hit a four-decade high in 2022, inspiring the U.S. central bank to institute a series of rate increases meant to cool the red-hot economy that developed in the aftermath of the brief but sharp pandemic recession.