WASHINGTON, D.C.: As US President Donald Trump’s trade wars drag on and the global economy weakens, the US Federal Reserve is inching closer to its first interest rate cut in more than a decade.

But investors hoping to see the benchmark lending rate begin to drop this week are almost certain to be disappointed.

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