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The Federal Reserve’s latest dot plot, explained – and what it says about interest rate cuts

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 ...
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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 ...
Barron's

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. What matters more is how many cuts policymakers indicate they expect to make ...
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.