Money markets now see rates peaking at 4.9% in June, still below the 5% level expected by Fed policymakers.
Analysts expect S&P 500 earnings during the fourth-quarter to decline 2.9%, compared with the 1.6% drop expected at the beginning of the year, according to Refinitiv data as of Friday.
Wall Street is expected to end the month higher with the tech-inclined Nasdaq (.IXIC) and the benchmark S&P 500 (.SPX) recovering December losses.
ET, Dow e-minis were down 157 points, or 0.46%, S&P 500 e-minis were down 32.5 points, or 0.8%, and Nasdaq 100 e-minis were down 138 points, or 1.13%.
Reporting by Shreyashi Sanyal and Johann M Cherian in Bengaluru Editing by Vinay DwivediOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.