The dot plot, decoded When the central bank releases its Summary of Economic Projections each quarter, Fed watchers focus obsessively on one part in particular: the so-called dot plot.

The dot plot will show Fed policymakers’ estimates for interest rates at the end of the next several years and over the longer run. The forecasts are represented by dots arranged along a ...

What good is a projection of the Fed funds rate? The dot plot was invented in late 2011, at a time when Fed officials were considering how to prepare markets for the shift they hoped to make away ...

The Anonymized 'Dot Plot' Could Be Leading Market Watchers Astray Terry has 25 years experience in journalism and communications, reporting on a range of topics that include personal finance ...

The Federal Reserve’s “dot plot” showed that officials project another half-percentage point of rate cuts in 2024 after today's 50 basis point cut. The central bank’s economic projections ...

The amount of attention on the Fed’s “dot plot” partly reflects the lack of suspense for a meeting at which interest rates are widely expected to be left alone.