President Trump has pressured Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower interest rates. Here's what the experts think will happen at this week's monetary policy meeting.

The Fed has held its benchmark interest rate between 4.25% and 4.5% this year, though officials have penciled in two cuts by year-end.

Policymakers at the independent Federal Reserve have kept the benchmark lending rate steady since the start of the year as they monitor how Trump's sweeping tariffs are impacting the world's biggest economy.