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Summary of Economic Projections

The Federal Reserve's quarterly publication of individual policymakers' forecasts for growth, unemployment, inflation and the policy rate, whose rate chart is widely known as the dot plot.

Known aliases

  • FOMC Projections materials

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

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The FOMC decides next week before its preferred inflation gauge for August arrives

Headline inflation held at 3.4% in August while core eased to 2.4%, and the priced odds of a quarter-point hike on Wednesday ran anywhere from about 70% to better than 90% depending on which publisher was reading the tape.

Perspective Coverage

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Builder
Builder 6%
Operator
Operator 35%
Investor
Investor 59%

Reality

Evidence74
Adoption88
Hype gap+12
Incentives62
Confidence76