The Federal Reserve is leaving its benchmark interest rate unchanged for the third straight meeting.
Oil prices shot up again because of the war with Iran, tightening their grip on the global economy and sending stock markets sharply lower.
The Federal Reserve pushed the pause button on its interest rate cuts, leaving its key rate unchanged after lowering it three times last year.
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will attend the Supreme Court's oral argument Wednesday.
It would be the third cut in a row and bring the Fed's key rate to about 3.6%, the lowest in nearly three years.
What’s more important will be what Fed officials say about the probability of more cuts.
U.S. employers added just 22,000 jobs last month as the labor market continued to cool under uncertainty over President Trump’s economic policies.
The unemployment rate ticked up to 4.2%.
The disagreement surfaced during a tour of the unfinished project on Thursday.
The officials are set to reduce their benchmark rate by a quarter-point to about 4.3% when their meeting ends Wednesday.