How to Read the Fed’s Projections Like a Pro

The forecasts will offer a glimpse of the path for policy at a highly uncertain moment for economy — and the central bank.

Fed Officials' Rate Outlook Is Divided. How to Make Sense of the ‘Dot Plot.’

The Fed delivered on its highly anticipated rate cut Wednesday afternoon. But where rates go from here is a coin toss, at ...

Markets eager for Fed 'dot plot' as rate cut looms

The benchmark Federal Funds Rate, which controls the cost of short-term borrowing like credit cards and auto loans, currently ...
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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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Fed Dot Plot Highlights Wide Disparity Of Views On Future Rate Cuts

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Weinstein covers topics ranging from the Fed to the cost of college. Sep 17, 2025, 10:48pm EDT At its September 17th meeting the ...

Federal Reserve holds median rate path steady in December dot plot

The Federal Reserve made no changes to its median interest-rate projections, with a quarter-point reduction still penciled in ...
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Fed dot plot reveals more divided central bank, but still points to two rate cuts in 2025

The Federal Reserve's latest "dot plot" outlining future interest rate moves suggests the central bank will still cut rates twice this year, unchanged from its March outlook, though June's forecast ...
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Fed Officials Are Divided in Their Interest-Rate Outlook. How to Make Sense of the ‘Dot Plot.’

The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this past week by a quarter of a percentage point. But where rates go from here is a coin toss, at best, given that Fed members’ latest forecasts diverge widely.