A dot plot or dot chart consists of data points plotted on a graph. The Federal Reserve uses dot plots to show its predicted interest rate outlook.

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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 from the unprecedented array of monetary support ...

Investors focus on the median dot. As many as 19 monetary policymakers — the seven governors on the Fed Board in Washington and the presidents of the 12 regional banks — can contribute a dot.

Fed policymakers making forecasts are going to struggle with coming up with a “thread that tells a consistent story,” said Thomas Simons, chief U.S. economist at investment bank Jefferies.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled potential changes for the Fed's closely watched "dot plot" interest-rate projections as part of a broad policy framework review underway at ...

The Federal Reserve's dot plot is one of the most closely scrutinized charts in financial markets. Nicole Sy explains why—and shows you how to read between the dots.

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The dot plot, decoded When the central bank releases its Summary of Economic Projections each quarter, Fed watchers focus obsessively on one part in particular: the so-called dot plot.

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