How to Read the Fed’s Projections Like a Pro

The forecasts will offer a glimpse of the path for policy at a highly uncertain moment for economy — and the central bank.

Fed Officials' Rate Outlook Is Divided. How to Make Sense of the ‘Dot Plot.’

The Fed delivered on its highly anticipated rate cut Wednesday afternoon. But where rates go from here is a coin toss, at ...
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How the Fed’s Dot Plot, Political Pressures, and Tariffs Shape Rate-Cut Expectations and Market Reactions

“The dots are not a great forecaster of future rate moves,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has warned, but every quarter the financial universe ponders the FOMC’s dot plot as though it were a ...

Markets eager for Fed 'dot plot' as rate cut looms

The benchmark Federal Funds Rate, which controls the cost of short-term borrowing like credit cards and auto loans, currently ...
Bloomberg L.P.

The Dot Plot, Explained: Understanding How the Fed Forecasts

It’s almost certainly the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating its “dot plot, ...

Federal Reserve holds median rate path steady in December dot plot

The Federal Reserve made no changes to its median interest-rate projections, with a quarter-point reduction still penciled in ...
U.S. News & World Report

Fed Chair Powell Signals Possible Tweaks to 'Dot Plot' Rate-Path Forecasts

(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled potential changes for the Fed's closely watched "dot plot" interest-rate projections as part of a broad policy framework review ...
Forbes

Three Reasons Why The Fed Should Get Rid Of The Dot Plot

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Jerome Powell, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman, speaks at a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on January 29, 2025 in ...
The Bond Buyer

Munis shrug off Fed rate decision, dot plot

Municipals and U.S. Treasuries were little changed after the Federal Reserve held rates steady, while equities ended mixed. The Federal Open Market Committee's decision to "hold rates steady while ...
Investopedia

Dot Plot Spotlight: Fed Still Sees Interest Rate Cuts Coming, Despite Uncertainty

Terry Lane is a writer for Investopedia with 25 years of experience in journalism and communications. He covers personal finance, Congress, government regulations, and economics. Al Drago/Bloomberg ...

Fed meeting recap: Divided committee cuts rate another quarter-point

The Federal Reserve ordered another quarter-point cut to its federal funds rate, but not without dissents among the ...
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Fed Officials Are Divided in Their Interest-Rate Outlook. How to Make Sense of the ‘Dot Plot.’

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this past week by a quarter of a percentage point. But where rates go from here is a coin toss, at best, given that Fed members’ latest forecasts diverge widely.