(Bloomberg) -- It’s almost certainly the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating ...

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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 ...

Bank stocks could be in for another great year if the Federal Reserve's latest dot plot turns out to be accurate. The dot plot is updated each time the Federal Reserve votes on whether to raise or ...

The Federal Reserve's Summary of Economic Projections, aka the "dot plot," will be the focus for investors when policymakers update their policy outlook Wednesday afternoon. The dot plot is a graph ...

J.D. DURKIN: I do want to talk about a phrase we heard an awful lot, Martin. It is dot plot. And I got my hands on the analyst notes from Bank of America Securities today. And this jumped out to me.

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 ...