The dot plot, decoded When the central bank releases its Summary of Economic Projections each quarter, Fed watchers focus obsessively on one part in particular: the so-called dot plot.

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 ...

It may look like an arcade game, but the “dot plot” and other charts released by the Federal Reserve hold clues to how much you’ll pay for a mortgage, and even how likely it is you’ll be ...

The Fed’s “dot plot” showed that the median forecast for rate cuts in 2025 was now a half-percentage point, lower than their September projections.

The dot plot, decoded When the central bank releases its Summary of Economic Projections each quarter, Fed watchers focus obsessively on one part in particular: the so-called dot plot.