The Federal Reserve introduced a visual tool called the "dot plot" in 2012 to communicate where officials think interest rates should be in the coming years. The dot plot is eagerly dissected by Fed ...

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 ...

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 Jerome ...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is the pivotal event for the markets this week, possibly even the most crucial one of the entire first quarter of 2024. While the customary ...

The Federal Reserve’s “dot plot” showed that officials project another half-percentage point of rate cuts in 2024 after today's 50 basis point cut. The central bank’s economic projections also showed ...

Richard Moody, chief economist at Regions Financial Corp., said the Fed’s interest-rate committee has become more divided in recent months. These divisions will be easy to spot in the Fed’s new ...

Bonds were modestly weaker overnight, but have moved back into positive territory after this morning's Employment Cost Index and NYSE. This means 10yr yields are at the bleeding edge of the 3-month ...

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Recent focus has centered on the Federal Open Market Committee’s dot plot, which now suggests just one rate cut in 2024. A closer examination reveals the committee is divided, with more participants ...

Bonds lost some ground after this morning's economic data, arguably in response to the Retail Sales control group beating its forecast. Higher-than-expected import prices could also have played a ...