The Federal Reserve’s quarterly Summary of Economic Projections revealed an unusually wide range of estimates for future interest rates. But don’t ignore it.

Every three months, the central bank updates a scatter chart showing where top officials believe rates are headed. Not everyone is a fan of the anonymous projections.

The Federal Reserve's Summary of Economic Projections, aka the "dot plot," will be the focus for investors when policymakers update their policy outlook Wednesday afternoon. The dot plot is a graph ...

"Next year's dot plot is a mosaic of different perspectives and is an accurate reflection of a confusing economic outlook": ...