The US central bank had slashed its benchmark rate by a full percentage point in 2024 but kept the policy rate on hold this ...

The Fed releases a dot plot at every other meeting. Each dot on a matrix grid represents one official’s rate projection for the end of the year under appropriate interest-rate policy.

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 ...

Most notable in Wednesday's dot plot were forecasts that showed seven FOMC members see no change in 2025 rates, signaling a more hawkish stance compared to March when four officials saw no change.

It happens, but it's rare. A Fed "dot plot" day has come and gone with mortgage rates almost perfectly unchanged from the previous day. This speaks to the level of indecision not ...

Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve’s dot plot showed that officials still see two more rate cuts coming in 2025 and another two in 2026, though expectations varied among members.

The Federal Reserve maintained its previously expected pace of rate cuts but signaled higher inflation and a slowdown in economic growth for 2025.

The Federal Reserve's 'dot plot' and economic projections showed that Fed officials aren't hurrying to cut interest rates and expect unemployment to rise while inflation remains stubbornly high.

The Federal Reserve is all but certain to announce no change in interest rates after its two-day policy meeting ends today. What matters more is how many cuts policymakers indicate they expect to ...

At the end of 2021, for instance, the dot plot pointed to an end-2022 policy rate of less than 1%.