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' will show a divided Fed

Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial Corp., said the Fed’s interest-rate committee has become more divided in recent months. These divisions will be easy to spot in the Fed’s new ...
Morningstar

The Fed’s ‘Difficult Situation’: Reading Between the Lines of the September Dot Plot

The Federal Reserve “dot plot” showed a wide dispersion in expectations for the path of interest rates after the central bank’s rate cut on Wednesday. An unusual combination of sticky inflation and a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

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

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, ...

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 ...

Fed sees two more 25-bp cuts this year as jobs cool: dot plot

The Federal Reserve marked down its 2025 interest rate outlook while keeping the following year's projection steady, with a softening labor market outweighing concerns about inflation re-accelerating, ...

'The dot plot thickens'

The latest packet of economic projections published by the Federal Reserve on Wednesday left some investors scratching their heads. But if the Fe ...