The US central bank opened its third policy meeting of the year on Tuesday under renewed attack from President Donald Trump, who called on officials to reverse course and cut interest rates. Trump slammed the Federal Reserve for "incessantly" raising interest rates and said cutting rates by a full percentage point would make the economy surge. The Fed raised rates four times last year -- and has done so a total of nine times since December 2015 -- moving from zero in the aftermath of the global financial crisis to the current range of 2.25 percent to 2.5 percent. But this year the Fed has been on hold and signaled ... (full story)