President Trump ripped the Federal Reserve and the man he appointed to lead it Wednesday after the central bank kept interest rates steady. In a post on Truth Social, the president accused the Fed and Powell of allowing inflation to spiral to four-decade highs in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and recession.

Market pricing shows investors are nearly unanimous in expecting the Federal Reserve to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday, holding them in a range of 4.25% to 4.5%. Here's a look at how the central bank has steered policy since the turn of the century,