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 prov ...

It’s a chart showing estimates of what the federal ... What good is a projection of the fed funds rate? The dot plot was invented in late 2011, at a time when Fed officials were considering ...

While it was created with good intentions 13 years ago, the Federal Open Market Committee’s dot plot does not serve its primary purpose: providing transparency ...

This chart comes from the FOMC and shows how opinion ... out after the January inauguration remains to be seen. The Fed Dot Plot is a fun read but it's ultimately a guess based on incomplete ...

Federal Reserve officials publish their forecasts for the central bank’s key interest rate on a chart known as the 'dot plot.' Below, we've highlighted the median forecast in orange. The ...

The Government debt binge has slowed in the latest month, adding only $2B in new debt for January. Click to read.

The Federal Reserve's new interest-rate expectations, known as the 'dot plot' forecasts, due at next week's meeting are unlikely to keep pace with current heightened rate-cut expectations ...

The latest installment was released today, and all eyes are on the "dot plot" forecast it contains. The chart is so-named because it represents each Fed committee member as a nameless dot and lays ...

Every three months, the Fed's announcement includes an eagerly anticipated "dot plot." This chart represents each committee member as a dot (no names attached) and uses those dots to show where ...

Would the Fed, then, have presented the world with a slightly different dot plot, if they'd had the chance to review the PCE data first? Giving slight credence to that train of thought ...

St. Louis Fed president James Bullard thinks the Federal Reserve can do without publishing the 'dot plot'. The graphic, published with the Fed's Summary of Economic Projections, is a ...