The Fed’s dot plot is a chart updated quarterly that records each Fed official’s projection for the central bank’s key short-term interest rate, the federal funds rate.

These predictions are commonly displayed via a dot plot where each dot represents a FOMC participant's prediction of the Fed Funds Rate at the end of each calendar year.

However, the dot plot shows it was a pretty narrow decision between one and two quarter-point rate cuts. Out of the 19 members, four expected to hold the rate in its current range, seven projected ...

After slashing interest rates by a half-percentage point today, the Federal Reserve’s “dot plot” showed that officials project another half-percentage point of cuts this year with further ...