By Charley Blaine It’s getting on the end of the year, and everyone wants to know the answer to this question for the Federal Reserve and Chairman Jerome Powell: When will the Fed start cutting interest rates? There may be a hint of an answer on Wednesday when the Federal Open Market Committee, the central bank’s rate-making body releases its end-of-meeting statement after a two-day meeting, followed by Chairman Jerome Powell’s post-meeting press conference. The decision will be by far the biggest event affecting financial markets this coming week. There are still some earnings reports to be e…