President Donald Trump urged the Federal Reserve Board to "do the right thing" and give him the lower interest rates he'd like as more tariffs are slated to take effect April 2. The Fed held interst rates steady on Wednesday.

Even as the economy undergoes what may be wrenching changes, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday is expected to signal it could cut its key interest rate twice this year — the same forecast it issued in

The Federal Reserve has a dual mandate of promoting maximum employment and stable prices, which it tries to foster by targeting low and stable inflation of 2%. Here's how one widely watched measure of inflation,