Faced with stubborn inflation that has raised concerns about where policy is headed, the Federal Reserve has been ensnared in a holding pattern that likely will be reflected when it closes its meeting Wednesday. Markets are anticipating a near-zero chance that the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s policy-setting arm, will announce any change to interest rates. That will keep the Fed’s key overnight borrowing rate in a range targeted between 5.25%-5.5% for what could be months — or longer. Recent commentary from policymakers and on Wall Street indicates there’s not much else the committee can do at ... (full story)