Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating its “dot plot,” which has become the de facto monetary policy forecast of the US central bank — ...

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 ...

Here's what you need to know about the federal funds rate — and why it matters. We'll keep it really simple. The federal funds rate is the interest rate the government sets for one bank to ...

The chart is so-named because it represents each Fed committee member as a nameless dot and lays out on a graph where each predicts the federal funds rate will be at the end of upcoming years.

The chart below reflects ... since the next Fed rate change wouldn't occur until March 17, 2022, two years later, when the Fed raised the fed-funds rate by 25 basis points (0.25%).

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 ...