Fed Officials Are Divided in Their Interest-Rate Outlook. How to Make Sense of the ‘Dot Plot’

The Federal Reserve’s quarterly Summary of Economic Projections revealed an unusually wide range of estimates for future interest rates. But don’t ignore it.

The Dot Plot, Explained: How the Fed Forecasts Interest Rates

Every three months, the central bank updates a scatter chart showing where top officials believe rates are headed. Not everyone is a fan of the anonymous projections.

Dot plot shows split at Fed over how many cuts would be needed this year

The Fed's dot-plot shows a split over whether to the central bank should cut rates three times this year. According to the ...
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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 ...
U.S. News & World Report

Fed Chair Powell Signals Possible Tweaks to 'Dot Plot' Rate-Path Forecasts

(Reuters) -Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled potential changes for the Fed's closely watched "dot plot" interest-rate projections as part of a broad policy framework review ...

One Fed member wants to cut interest rates like crazy this year

The Fed's projections show the median member expected another half percentage point of cuts in 2025. One member called for ...
Wall Street Journal

March Dot Plot to Highlight Fed Officials’ Outlook

With the Federal Reserve expected to hold interest rates steady this week, the forward-looking dot plot will be in the limelight when the central bank’s two-day policy meeting concludes Wednesday. The ...

Why the Fed's new 'dot plot' for rates may mean less to investors than in the past

Investors know that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell won't be delivering his revised outlook and path of interest rates ...
Wall Street Journal

The Federal Reserve’s Dot-Plot Predicament

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 Jerome ...
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Dot Plot Spotlight: Fed Still Sees Interest Rate Cuts Coming, Despite Uncertainty

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The Dot Plot, Explained: Understanding How the Fed Forecasts

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, ...

Fed Dot Plot Reveals Shallow Easing Path For 2026; Experts Say Don't Expect 'Many More Reductions' As Split Of Dots Is 'Something To Behold'

See the FOMC's 2026 outlook for rate cuts. Projections signal a shallow easing path. Includes expert reactions.