Most economists believe the Federal Reserve will decide against lowering interest rates after the agency’s policymaking meeting concludes Wednesday, despite pressure from President Donald Trump in recent months, as two Fed governors may cast the first pair of dissenting votes since the 1990s.

Two top Federal Reserve officials could dissent from the central bank’s likely decision Wednesday to hold its key interest rate steady, a sign of division reflecting the economy's muddy outlook as well as the jockeying to replace Chair Jerome Powell when his term ends next year.