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.
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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 ...

The Fed’s Dot Plot: What It Says About 2026

Federal Reserve officials on Wednesday penciled in slightly steeper interest rate cuts this year and next, but there was a ...

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 ...