We’re just an hour away from the Federal Reserve’s latest policy decision, and it’s sure to be a historic one. It’s widely expected to announce tapering of its asset purchases as the pandemic winds down. But the key question here is whether or not it has to move up the timeline for hiking interest rates as inflation continues to spike. We’ll cover it all, and bring you the latest details as they unfold.

The CDC’s advisory panel is just hours away from voting to give Pfizer’s Covid vaccine approval for kids aged 5 to 11. We’ll speak with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla about that and the strong earnings the company just reported. Plus, our latest CNBC survey shows inflation has eclipsed Covid as the number one threat to our economy. We’ll discuss. And, in today’s Earnings Exchange: we’ll look ahead to Lyft, T-Mobile and Zillow results out after the bell.