What good is a projection of the Fed funds rate? 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 ...

When the Fed’s so-called dot plot of the projected interest-rate path signaled two hikes for 2019, U.S. stocks plunged 3.5 percent in just over an hour. Have a confidential tip for our reporters?

With today's Federal Reserve rate decision seen as a foregone conclusion, many investors will look to the central bank's economic and interest-rate projections for a sense of how eager Chair ...

The most recent dot plot, released in March, showed all 17 Fed policymakers projected no change to rates over that stretch.

The Problem With Wall Street’s Fixation on the Fed Dot Plot The rate projections give investors and analysts a false sense of precision. Some Fed officials are tired of them.