The dot plot was invented in late 2011, at a time when Fed officials were considering how to prepare markets for the shift they hoped to make away from the unprecedented array of monetary support ...

When the Fed’s so-called dot plot of the projected interest-rate path signaled two hikes for 2019, U.S. stocks plunged 3.5 percent in just over an hour. Have a confidential tip for our reporters?

Simply sign up to the Global Economy myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. The Federal Reserve’s dot plot of interest-rate projections showed the median forecast is still for three ...

The current dot plot doesn’t provide the information to differentiate between those two paths, which have different implications for markets and investors.