{"id":109814,"date":"2021-03-17T19:01:12","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=109814"},"modified":"2021-03-17T19:01:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T19:01:12","slug":"heres-where-the-federal-reserve-sees-interest-rates-the-economy-and-inflation-going-in-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/heres-where-the-federal-reserve-sees-interest-rates-the-economy-and-inflation-going-in-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Here's where the Federal Reserve sees interest rates, the economy and inflation going in the future"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Federal Reserve's so-called dot plot projections budged little with most members still expecting to keep rates near zero through 2023.<\/li>\n
The central bank now expects real gross domestic product to grow 6.5% in 2021, compared to its 4.2% forecast from its December 2020 meeting.<\/li>\n
The Jerome Powell-led Fed estimates the unemployment rate will fall to 4.5% in 2021, below the previous estimate of 5.0%.<\/li>\n
The central bank now sees inflation running to 2.4% this year, above its previous estimate of 1.8%.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
The Federal Reserve on Wednesday dialed up its economic growth expectations but signaled that there are no expected interest rate hikes for the next two years.<\/p>\n
The so-called dot plot projections budged little with most members still expecting to keep rates near zero through 2023.<\/p>\n
Four of the 18 FOMC members were looking for a rate hike at some point in 2022, compared to just one at the December meeting. For 2023, seven members see a rate increase, compared to five in the December forecast. As the chart shows, a strong majority forecast no hikes until the "longer run."<\/p>\n
Every quarter, members of the Federal Open Market Committee forecast where interest rates will go in the short, medium and long term. These projections are represented visually in charts below called a dot plot.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Here are the Fed's latest targets, released in Wednesday's statement:<\/h2>\n