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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 ...

As an example, the dot plot released in December 2023 (below) showed a range of participants expectations from a low of 3.875%, a high of 5.37% and a median of 4.625% for year-end 2024 forecast.