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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 ...

For more business and finance explainers, check out our Yahoo U page. Since 2011, the Federal Reserve has published a chart known as the “dot plot,” which maps out policymakers’ expectations for where ...

As investors, wouldn't it be nice if we had a crystal ball that could tell us the future direction of interest rates? Well, we do...sort of. At the conclusion of its four meetings each year that ...