A dot plot or dot chart consists of data points plotted on a graph. The Federal Reserve uses dot plots to show its predicted interest rate outlook.

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 ...

After slashing interest rates by a half-percentage point today, the Federal Reserve’s “dot plot” showed that officials project another half-percentage point of cuts this year with further ...

The Federal Reserve introduced a visual tool called the "dot plot" in 2012 to communicate where officials think interest rates should be in the coming years. The dot plot is eagerly dissected by ...

The Fed’s dot plot is a chart updated quarterly that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate, the federal funds rate.

Despite numerous lectures by Chairman Yellen about the proper interpretation of the dot plots, most talking heads still don’t get it. They insist on treating them as a promise of things to come ...

The dot plot is a graphical representation of where every member of the FOMC, both voting and non-voting, believes the fed funds rate will be at the end of each of the next three or four years in ...

The Federal Reserve's rate path "dot plot" has become increasingly detached from financial markets' interest-rate projections and risks sending an overly hawkish message that may undermine the ...