In Winner of the Bad Graph Contest Announced, I promised to present alternatives to Excel’s 3D bar chart ... the panel plot add-in from Peltier Tech. Either a bar chart or a dot plot works ...

The chart below shows the more gradual path of rates expected by FOMC participants: And here is a look at the latest round of “dot plots,” which show the expectations of each FOMC member over ...

One reason for choosing a dot plot rather than a bar chart is that it is less cluttered. We will be learning other benefits of dot plots in this and future posts. Wal-mart Stores and Exxon-Mobil ...

Economists expect the Federal Reserve’s so-called dot plot chart to show a more hawkish monetary policy outlook when the central bank releases it this week, compared with the Fed’s last round ...