The amount of attention on the Fed’s “dot plot” partly reflects the lack of suspense for a meeting at which interest rates are widely expected to be left alone.

Since 2011, the Fed has published a chart known as the “dot plot,” which map out policymakers’ expectations for where interest rates could be headed in the future.

The dot plot is a graph that while not officially part of setting policy, provides markets with excellent insight into how the Fed as whole is feeling about interest rates heading into future meetings ...

What the dot plot doesn’t convey is the confidence interval implied in the Fed’s forecasts. The Fed has done a relatively poor job helping investors interpret the dot plot.

The dot plot is a graph showing where individual Fed policymakers expect official interest rates to be over time. The "median dot" is watched for a clue to the consensus outlook. In March, when ...

The Fed's graph of members' interest rates projections for times a year is a closely watched indicator on Wall Street ...

ECB board member Isabel Schnabel of Germany earlier this year floated the idea of publishing a dot plot of policymakers' projections, arguing it would better inform markets.

Federal Reserve policymakers’ updated forecasts for their benchmark interest rate, due Wednesday, are looming as a key potential decider for a US Treasuries market at risk of a third straight ...

Each member’s interest rate forecast is then plotted on a graph in the form of a dot plot. The policy rate in the US is currently in the 0-0.25 per cent range.