The dot plot was both a prediction (where the Fed thought that the economy was heading) and a promise (how it would act in the future). It all seemed to work, at least if interest rates stayed near ...

The dot plot increases transparency over Fed operations, according to Julia Coronado, president and founder of MacroPolicy Perspectives, who used to work for the Fed’s board of governors.

The Federal Reserve’s dot plot predicts the federal funds rate for the next few years, helping officials understand the central bank’s potential decisions ...

While finding the Fed's dot plot "boring," Sahm Consulting Founder Claudia Sahm critiques the dot plot in its mischaracterization of certain sentiments from "the entire FOMC for the day." ...

Allison Schrager deserves credit for saying the Fed does not have a better crystal ball than anyone else. But this is true even if the Fed doesn't release the dot plot.

The Federal Reserve’s frequently maligned interest rate projections, compiled in the so-called dot plot, have been doing particularly vital work for the central bank over recent months, a ...

The Federal Reserve introduced a visual tool called the "dot plot" in 2012 to communicate where officials think interest rates should be in the coming years. The dot plot is eagerly dissected by ...

Red is the September Dot Plot and blue is December. If we're looking at the survey results as a whole, the Fed is essentially telling us that it's forecasting three rate hikes in 2017.

With today's Federal Reserve rate decision seen as a foregone conclusion, many investors will look to the central bank's economic and interest-rate projections for a sense of how eager Chair ...

The dot plot shows the highest projection for 2025 of 5.625% and the lowest projection of 2.625%. The message from the dot plot is that interest rates are going to stay higher for longer.