This 23 September, 2007 photo shows the front of the Marriner S. Eccles US Federal Reserve Building in Washington, DC. The Federal Open Market Committee headed by chairman Ben Bernanke is widely expected to trim its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 2.0 percent at a two-day meeting concluding April 30, 2008, say economists. Getty Images logo Getty Images 56 months ago

This 23 September, 2007 photo shows the front of the Marriner S. Eccles US Federal Reserve Building in Washington, DC. The Federal Open Market Committee headed by chairman Ben Bernanke is widely expected to trim its federal funds rate by a quarter point to 2.0 percent at a two-day meeting concluding April 30, 2008, say economists.

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