Powell says that a soft landing is the primary objective of the Fed. However, when Powell was prompted to say that a soft landing was a baseline expectation, Powell specifically said that a soft ...

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 ...

Before Wednesday, economists and markets were betting on a December rate cut. After Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s comments, they aren’t so sure.

As Federal Reserve officials gather for their March meeting, the focus isn’t on Wednesday afternoon’s decision for interest rates, but on what may happen months from now. The central bank is widely ...

“The dots are not a great forecaster of future rate moves,” Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has warned, but every quarter the financial universe ponders the FOMC’s dot plot as though it were a ...

Fed maintains interest rates unchanged between 5.25% and 5.5% at March meeting. Dot plot shows three cuts to 4.6% by year-end, yet 9 out of 19 officials indicate a policy rate above the 4.6% median ...

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - European Central Bank governors fear publishing their interest rate forecasts would invite pressure from governments trying to gauge if their central banker was ...

FRANKFURT, July 18 (Reuters) - The European Central Bank's next strategy assessment will not involve some key issues, including a discussion on the bank's numerical inflation target or the publication ...