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.

The Fed's dot-plot shows a split over whether to the central bank should cut rates three times this year. According to the Fed's "dot-plot" three were 9 officials who wanted only 2 cuts or less. There ...

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 officials on Wednesday penciled in slightly steeper interest rate cuts this year and next, but there was a wide array of responses in the so-called dot plot, signaling uncertainty ...

Communicating central banks’ expected paths for financial conditions could reduce market uncertainty and improve monetary ...

Vicky Ferrer, with a degree in Audiovisual Communication and a Advanced Course in Forex Trading, has been working for FXStreet since 2007. She began working at FXStreet as an editor and webinar ...

The committee's median forecast for the federal funds rate shows a decline to only 3.4% by the end of 2026, a mere 0.2 percentage point drop from the 3.6% projected for year-end 2025. While 20 bps is ...

Fed officials see more rate cuts in the remainder of 2025 than they did previously—a shift that suggests they are growing increasingly worried about the economic outlook and the weakening labor market ...

The latest packet of economic projections published by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday left some investors scratching their heads. But if the Fed's rationale for cutting rates on Wednesday was really ...

The Fed’s rate cut hasn’t shaken today’s best high-yield rates yet. But with more cuts possible, these 4%–5% offers may not ...