It’s almost certainly the most closely scrutinized scatter chart in financial markets. Every three months since January 2012, the Federal Reserve has sent analysts scurrying by updating its “dot plot,

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 insight into the Fed’s future rate decisions,

Prices are now projected to rise faster than expected at least in part and perhaps largely due to Trump's plans to levy duties on imports from U.S. trading partners, Fed Chair Powell said.