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The Dot Plot, Explained: Understanding How the Fed Forecasts

(Bloomberg) -- It’s almost certainly the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating ...
NPR

Has the Fed lost the dot plot?

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 Fed ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Revisiting the Dot-Plot Reaction Function: Macro Man Podcast

Bloomberg's Cameron Crise discusses how to think about possible shifts in the dot plot and a QT taper in light of the Fed's recent reaction function.
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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 ...
The New York Times

How to Read the Fed’s Projections Like a Pro

The Federal Reserve is expected to leave rates unchanged on Wednesday. But Wall Street is focused on what comes in 2024 — and beyond. By Jeanna Smialek Federal Reserve officials are scheduled to ...
Reuters

ECB governors fear political pressure over Fed-style 'dot plot'

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - European Central Bank governors fear publishing their interest rate forecasts would invite pressure from governments trying to gauge if their central banker was ...