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What will be the Federal Reserve’s long-term outlook for interest rates?

Market Questions is the FT’s guide to the week ahead

The Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep interest rates on hold at its meeting next week but the latest “dot plot” will give insight into the US central bank’s longer-term outlook.

The Fed has lifted rates to a 23-year high range of 5.25 per cent to 5.5 per cent to tame inflation as the US economy defies expectations with solid growth.

The Fed’s dot plot — formally called the Summary of Economic Projections — is a survey of officials, which captures their expectatio