The dot plot represents projections by each Fed official of future fed funds rates. Each dot on the chart represents one Fed official. However, the dot plot is anonymous, so investors can’t tie ...

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.

A look at the dot-plot in June, the last time the Fed updated the chart, showed that no one expected rates to finish the year at their current level. Here is the dot plot from the June meeting: ...

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 ...

Going forward, check out the CME FedWatch tool, and keep an eye on the updated Dot Plots. They’ll provide you valuable information as you chart the course for your own portfolio.

The Fed’s dot plots are a terrible predictor of future rates policy. Watch the yield curve in the next week or two for a better sense of how the market is pricing the future of rates.

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.

The Federal Reserve’s dot plot of interest-rate projections continued to show the median forecast is still just for three rises this year, confounding some who have been expecting four.