feb 17 reuters  wall street stock index futures fell on friday on fears that accelerating inflation in the face of a sturdy us economy could prompt the federal reserve to err on the side of caution by keeping monetary policy restrictive through the year economic data over the week signaled that while inflation rose in january a tight job market and resilience in consumer spending could offer more room for the fed to raise borrowing costs goldman sachs said it was expecting the fed to raise rates three more times this year and by a quarter of a percentage point each while money markets are pricing in a terminal rate of 53 by july all three main indexes clocked their worst annual losses in 2022 since the 2008 financial crisis dented by the feds fastest monetary tightening in four decades in january hopes that the central bank might be nearing the end of its ratehiking cycle sparked a renewed interest in beatendown growth stocks however halfway into february the indexes have barely been able to match the optimism seen in january with the bluechip dow eyeing a 1 loss as markets price in the fed to stay hawkish yearlong at 647 am et dow eminis were down 186 points or 055 sp 500 eminis were down 31 points or 076 and nasdaq 100 eminis were down 1205 points or 097 traders will parse commentary by central bank officials including richmond fed president thomas barkin and governor michelle bowman on friday to assess the feds monetary policy tone looking ahead moderna inc mrnao fell 63 in premarket trading after the drugmaker said its experimental messenger rnabased influenza vaccine failed to show it was at least as effective as an approved vaccine versus less prevalent influenza b manchester united manun rose 44 after hitting a record close in the previous session the telegraph reported on thursday that saudi arabia has submitted a bid for the british soccer club ahead of fridays deadline doordash inc dashn climbed 62 after the food delivery company said it would buy back 750 million worth of stock and projected a key profit measure above wall street estimates reporting by johann m cherian in bengaluru editing by alden bentley and anil dsilva