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 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.

Each member’s interest rate forecast is then plotted on a graph in the form of a dot plot. The policy rate in the US is currently in the 0-0.25 per cent range.

The Fed announced it intends to raise the benchmark fed funds rate to a range between 1.75% and 2%. The Federal Open Market Committee also released its quarterly "dot plot," showing where Fed ...

But you probably haven't seen this chart, which actually is also part of the dot plot document. And the purple line is a historical account of the midpoint target range.

As an example, the dot plot released in December 2023 (below) showed a range of participants expectations from a low of 3.875%, a high of 5.37% and a median of 4.625% for year-end 2024 forecast.

For example, this week’s dot plot showed that 9 of the 17 thought the appropriate Fed funds range by the end of 2016 would be the range between 0.75% and 1.0%. They called that the median.

Over the years, Fed policymakers and economists have made a range of suggestions about how to improve the dot plot, which has been published in its current form since well before Powell became ...