Housing starts fell, but building permits went up. This indicates that high interest rates are beginning to reduce immediate demand for housing, but builders remain optimistic for the future. Here are ...

The central bank's so-called dot plot showed a median estimate of 3.4% for the federal funds rate, the same as at the end 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 ...

Bonds lost some ground after this morning's economic data, arguably in response to the Retail Sales control group beating its forecast. Higher-than-expected import prices could also have played a ...

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday surprised markets with a fortification of its higher-for-longer stance on interest rates, penciling in only half as many rate cuts next year as had been expected. Fed ...

The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting is the pivotal event for the markets this week, possibly even the most crucial one of the entire first quarter of 2024. While the customary ...

The Federal Reserve Dot Plot chart is seen as a helpful tool that investors can use to determine the likelihood of interest rate changes and other economic factors. It provides a transparent view of ...

Economists expect the Federal Reserve’s so-called dot plot chart to show a more hawkish monetary policy outlook when the central bank releases it this week, compared with the Fed’s last round of ...

The Federal Reserve will announce its rate decision today and investors are awaiting the decision. With the US–Israel–Iran war adding new uncertainty to inflation, oil prices and global growth, ...