For example, each dot in the "2020" column on the dot plot (see below) indicates one official's prediction for where the benchmark federal funds rate will be at the end of that year.

The dot plot was invented in late 2011, at a time when Fed officials were considering how to prepare markets for the shift they hoped to make away from the unprecedented array of monetary support ...

The Fed dot plot is a quarterly chart with FOMC participants’ predictions about what the federal funds rate will be over the next two to three years and in the longer term. The dot plot provides ...

The dot plot is best explained with an example, so to illustrate how it works, here's a real-world example of a Federal Reserve dot plot and how to interpret it.

The dot plot is best explained with an example, so to illustrate how it works, here's a real-world example of a Federal Reserve dot plot and how to interpret it.

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.

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 ...

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.