Dot plot: The Fed's key chart explained (for beginners)

Wall Street closely watches Federal Reserve meetings, but it's not just the decision on interest rates that makes headlines.

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.

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 ...

Fed sees two more 25-bp cuts this year, up from one in June SEP: dot plot

The Federal Reserve marked down their 2025 and 2026 interest rate outlook, with a softening labor market outweighing concerns ...
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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 ...

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 ...
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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 ...
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Mortgage Rates HIGHER (Not Lower) After Fed Rate Cut

Several things happen on Fed Day--especially on the 4 out of 8 examples with updated rate forecasts from Fed members.  The ...
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Fed Rate Cut Expected to Drive Volatility Across USD, EUR, GBP, and CAD

All eyes are on tonight's Fed meeting, where a 25bp rate cut is widely expected. The dollar has been selling off ahead of this event, but there are a few risks. For example, we could see short-dated U ...