Neither of the planes that crashed in Ethiopia and Indonesia was equipped with the feature, which is not required by regulators. Go deeper: Investigators in Indonesia described confusion and prayer in the cockpit before the Lion Air crash in October. Federal Reserve downgrades its forecastSaying on Wednesday that the U.S. economy was slowing more than it had previously thought, the central bank left interest rates unchanged and signaled little appetite for raising them in the near future. What’s next: The central bank expects 2.1 percent growth this year, down from the 2.3 percent it forecast in December — and more than a percentage point less than the 3.2 percent growth predicted by the White House. In 2020, the Fed projects growth of 1.9 percent.

Source: New York Times March 21, 2019 09:42 UTC