WASHINGTON, D.C.: Weak inflation is expected to be the key topic when the Federal Reserve opens a two-day monetary policy meeting Tuesday, its first since its historic interest rate rise in December.

Coming less than a week after the European Central Bank signaled it could expand stimulus measures in March if inflation slows further, the Fed is not expected to take any policy action.

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