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The Federal Reserve’s dot plot is a graph that contains the Federal Open Market Committee participants’ forecasts of where they think the federal funds rate will head over the next several years.

Wall Street closely watches Federal Reserve meetings, but it's not just the decision on interest rates that makes headlines. The central bank's dot plot is a key quarterly forecast for both investors ...

The Fed is expected to keep unchanged rates at its March meeting. Market attention is focused on the dot plot. If the Fed suggests fewer cuts than expected, it could trigger a bearish market response ...