Investors expect the Federal Reserve to avoid repeating a frequent error of the past few years when officials meet in Washington this week to set monetary policy.

Unlike at past meetings, Chairwoman Janet Yellen and other members of the central bank are not expected to hint at a new round of interest rate increases that they later will have to back away from when economic growth disappoints.

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