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U.S. stock-index futures fell, indicating equities will trim gains in a week of wild swings before a Federal Reserve rate decision next Thursday.

Oil prices slump and eye a sizable drop for the week, pressured by news that Saudi Arabia doesn’t support holding an emergency OPEC meeting aimed at stopping crude’s slide.

While drought conditions have improved in many regions of the United States, higher than average summer temperatures and patchy rainfall over the summer has contributed to one of the worst wildfire seasons on record. There are currently at least 60 large fires burning across the country. So far this year, more than 8 million acres have been destroyed by fire, a level of devastation seen in only six other years since 1960.

But the extreme nature of the discord among traders and analysts underscores a bigger, and more important, point: The stakes are high for Fed policy makers right now. Get this decision wrong, and it could deal a big blow to the economy and to their credibility.