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The Federal Reserve’s latest dot plot, explained – and what it says about interest rate cuts

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 provide ...
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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 ...
Bloomberg L.P.

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, ...
Wall Street Journal

See the Fed’s Latest ‘Dot Plot’ Rate Projections

Federal Reserve officials released new projections on the economy and the future path of interest rates Wednesday, the first time they've done so in 2025. Here's how the latest forecast compares with ...
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 ...
Seeking Alpha

Fed sees two more 25-bp cuts this year, up from one in June SEP: 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, ...
Barron's

Fed Is More Worried About Economic Outlook, Dot Plot Shows

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 ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s Dot-Plot Predicament: False Precision in Uncertain Times

President Trump expressed confidence that he could remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his position. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos and former Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida explain how much ...
Fox Business

What is the Fed's outlook for interest rate cuts, inflation and jobs for the remainder of the year?

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut interest rates for the first time in 2025 and released policymakers' quarterly forecast of economic conditions that shows the potential outlook for further rate ...
Barron's

Dot Plot Shows Differences in Viewpoints, Risk Assessments

The latest dot plot seemed to signal that Fed officials’ internal consensus on rate cuts is weakening. The range of forecasts for where the bank’s target for the federal-finds rate is going appeared ...
MarketWatch

'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 Fed's rationale for cutting rates on Wednesday was really ...