Investors get monthly interest rate updates from the Fed throughout the year, but four times per year the Fed also issues its Summary of Economic Projections (SEP). The SEP includes a chart of ...

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 ...

The Summary of Economic Projections offers important insights into the views of Federal Open Market Committee participants. The summary’s “dot plot” charts each participant’s assessment of the ...