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The Dot Plot, Explained: Understanding How the Fed Forecasts

(Bloomberg) -- 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 ...
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The Federal Reserve’s latest dot plot, explained — and what it says about interest rates

The Fed's dot plot is a chart that records each Fed official's projection for the central bank's key short-term interest rate. The dot plot is updated every three months and is meant to provide ...
Benzinga.com

The New Dot Plot Hits The Stock Market - Here Is What You Need To Know, A Shocker In New Data

Powell says that a soft landing is the primary objective of the Fed. However, when Powell was prompted to say that a soft landing was a baseline expectation, Powell specifically said that a soft ...
Wall Street Journal

See the Fed’s Latest ‘Dot Plot’ Rate Projections

Federal Reserve officials released new projections on the economy and the future path of interest rates Wednesday, the first time they've done so in 2025. Here's how the latest forecast compares with ...
Investopedia

One Interest Rate Cut This Year, Or Two? 'Dot Plot' Shows It's A Close Call

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking down ...
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The Fed’s Dot-Plot Predicament: False Precision in Uncertain Times

On the eve of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, traders, economists and central-bank watchers across Wall Street are fixated on a single, perplexing question: Will the median of 19 policymakers ...
Benzinga.com

Federal Reserve's Final 2023 Meeting: FOMC's Economic Projections Crucial, Dot Plot Weeds Out Hawks, Doves

After the November inflation test, the markets are now bracing for an even tougher challenge from the Federal Reserve, which is set to announce its interest rate decision this Wednesday at 2 p.m. ET, ...
Barron's

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.

Don't Expect an Interest-Rate Cut. Focus on the 'Dot Plot' Instead.

The Federal Reserve is all but certain to announce no change in interest rates after its two-day policy meeting ends today.
MarketWatch

Bernanke recommends Bank of England ax ‘fan charts’ but not adopt ‘dot plot’

Ben Bernanke is not importing to the U.K. the “dot plot” that dominates the Fed’s communications with investors. A review of the Bank of England’s poor forecasts, which was headed by the former ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s Dot-Plot Predicament: False Precision in Uncertain Times

President Trump expressed confidence that he could remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his position. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos and former Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida explain how much ...