US stock indices rose on Friday on steady track for weekly gains.
US consumer prices earlier this week showed a slowdown in the pace of inflation during July.
Thus bets have now shifted from a 0.75% rate hike by the Fed at the next meeting to actually 0.5%.
Dow Jones rose 0.4% to 33,465 as of 14:20 GMT, while S&P 500 rose 0.7% to 4,236, as NASDAQ rose 1.1% to 12,914.