Multiple risks are raising the stakes in financial markets and for the U.S. economy as Federal Reserve policy makers prepare to gather this week.The Fed is widely expected to deliver a quarter-of-a-percentage point interest rate hike when its meeting concludes on Wednesday. The most crucial question facing investors is whether policy makers subsequently show a willingness to hold off on further rate rises in order to assess the damage from their year-long campaign to lower inflation.
If they do pause, it may be time for investors…