Eco Week Ahead

Fed Dot Plot Is Set to Offer Glimpse of Rate-Cut Resolve

  • Projections to show if officials are paring back easing plans
  • BOJ may trim bond buying; inflation due in China, Sweden

Jerome Powell

Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg
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Investors may glean more on the Federal Reserve’s resolve to ease monetary policy when US policymakers update their forecasts for interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three months.

The central bank — led by Chair Jerome Powell — is widely expected to hold borrowing costs steady for a seventh consecutive meeting, but there’s less certainty on officials’ rate projections.