Fed Officials Are Divided in Their Interest-Rate Outlook. How to Make Sense of the ‘Dot Plot’

The Federal Reserve’s quarterly Summary of Economic Projections revealed an unusually wide range of estimates for future interest rates. But don’t ignore it.
Forex Factory

The Federal Reserve’s latest dot plot, explained – and what it says about interest rate cuts

After the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision, you may be tempted to try and start connecting some dots. That’s because U.S. central bankers updated their closely scrutinized “Summary of ...

The Fed Has No Good Options as Hiring Wobbles and Inflation Picks Up

The central bank is grappling with how quickly to lower interest rates after restarting cuts on Wednesday, amid mixed ...
Yahoo Finance

Investors eye Middle East tensions and the Fed's 'dot plot': What to know this week

The recent stock market rally hit a pause last week, as an Israeli airstrike on Iran sent oil prices higher and equities lower to end the first full trading week of June. This week, investors will ...
Yahoo Finance

Fed dot plot reveals more divided central bank, but still points to two rate cuts in 2025

The Federal Reserve's latest "dot plot" outlining future interest rate moves suggests the central bank will still cut rates twice this year, unchanged from its March outlook, though June's forecast ...
Morningstar

The Problem With Wall Street's Fixation on the Fed Dot Plot

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold Wednesday, shifting focus to officials' economic and rate projections. Wall Street is focused on whether the Fed's dot plot will ...
FXStreet

Fed 'dot plot' to remain unchanged as businesses absorb tariff costs

The long awaited May inflation report out of the US showed no impact at all from Trump's tariffs, and was in fact much lower than anyone had expected. The core subindex increased just 0.1% MoM, vs.
FXStreet

Fed dot plot maintains forecast for 50 bps cut in 2025; GDP revised down, PCE inflation revised upward

The Federal Open Market Committee's (FOMC) latest dot plot indicates that interest rates will average 3.9% by the end of 2025, matching the March projection. If this forecast comes true, the Federal ...
Mint

The problem with Wall Street’s fixation on the Fed dot plot

On the eve of Wednesday’s Federal Reserve decision, traders, economists and central-bank watchers across Wall Street are fixated on a single, perplexing question: Will the median of 19 policymakers ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fed’s Dot-Plot Predicament: False Precision in Uncertain Times

President Trump expressed confidence that he could remove Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell from his position. WSJ’s Nick Timiraos and former Fed Vice Chairman Richard Clarida explain how much ...
Investopedia

Fed's Latest Economic Projections Hint at Stagflation Concerns

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