A split Fed: 2026 dot plot reveals strong divide on rate cut outlook

The Fed’s latest dot plot shows a sharply divided outlook for 2026, with policymakers split on the quantum of easing.

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 ...
Forbes

Three Reasons Why The Fed Should Get Rid Of The Dot Plot

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Jerome Powell, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman, speaks at a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting at the Federal Reserve on January 29, 2025 in ...
City Journal

Scrap the Dot Plot

After each Federal Reserve meeting, market analysts, desperate to divine future monetary policy, scrutinize every aspect of the central bank’s public statements—including its “dot plot,” released four ...
Forbes

Fed Dot Plot Highlights Wide Disparity Of Views On Future Rate Cuts

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Weinstein covers topics ranging from the Fed to the cost of college. Sep 17, 2025, 10:48pm EDT At its September 17th meeting the ...
Investopedia

What a Bunch of Dots Say About The Future Of Your Finances

Federal Reserve's Dot Plot Could Tell You About the Future of Interest Rates, Job Market Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter. He's written hundreds of articles breaking ...
AOL

The Federal Reserve’s latest dot plot, explained — and what it says about interest rates

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 provide ...
Seeking Alpha

Fed Dot Plot: The Bigger Picture

The Fed held rates steady at their September meeting, and, as evidenced by the latest dot plot, left the door open for another rate hike this year. However, FOMC member projections are rarely a ...
Benzinga.com

What Is The Fed Dot Plot?

Investors get monthly interest rate updates from the Fed throughout the year, but four times per year the Fed also issues its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). The SEP includes a chart of ...
Reuters

ECB needs clearer communication - but not dot plots, Nagel says

WASHINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank needs to improve how it communicates policy intentions and uncertainty, but copying the U.S. Federal Reserve's "dot plot" projection method is ...
Nasdaq

The Federal Reserve’s Dot Plot: A Simple Explanation

As investors, wouldn't it be nice if we had a crystal ball that could tell us the future direction of interest rates? Well, we do...sort of. At the conclusion of its four meetings each year that ...