ToplineThe Federal Reserve is widely expected to pause interest rate cuts on Wednesday, with several policymakers and economists forecasting further cuts later this year—as concerns spread in recent weeks about the central bank’s independence from the Trump administration. Some Fed officials have forecast interest rate cuts later this year, but not in January.Getty ImagesKey FactsTraders have priced in 2.8% odds of the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee lowering interest rates from a 3.5% to 3. ...