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The dot plot is useful because it can convey the shifting consensus of the committee. For example, the March 2025 revision depicted the majority of policymakers supporting two reductions in 2025 ...
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.
What is plotted on the dot plot? It’s a chart showing estimates of what the federal funds rate, the short-term interest rate controlled by the Fed, should be.
Allison Schrager deserves credit for saying the Fed does not have a better crystal ball than anyone else. But this is true even if the Fed doesn't release the dot plot.
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 Fed should stop publishing its projections of future interest rates, which prove only that the economy is unpredictable—and undermine the central bank’s credibility.
It’s probably the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in world financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating its “dot ...
Since 2011, the Fed has published a chart known as the “dot plot,” which map out policymakers’ expectations for where interest rates could be headed in the future.
The Federal Reserve issued its monthly statement on Wednesday, and one of the primary areas of interest for investors is the Fed “dot plot” chart for 2020. What Is The Fed Dot Plot?
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.