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The Fed's dot plot
Four times a year every Fed official puts a dot where they expect rates to end each year. The middle dot is the Fed's own forecast; the game calls where it lands.
History
Median dot, year-end ratelatest 3.6% (2029-01-01) · 4 prints
Source: FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, from the Fed's Summary of Economic Projections. Each year shows the median dot as most recently projected.
Coming up
- December dot plotDec 9, 2026, 2:00 PM ET · in 73 daysline pending
- March dot plotMar 17, 2027, 2:00 PM ET · in 171 daysline pending
- June dot plotJun 9, 2027, 2:00 PM ET · in 255 daysline pending
- September dot plotSep 15, 2027, 2:00 PM ET · in 353 daysline pending
- December dot plotDec 8, 2027, 2:00 PM ET · in 437 daysline pending
How players called it
The print record
The first scored print starts the record.