IMF tells Fed to delay rate rise, change communications policy

International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde said the US Federal Reserve should delay raising rates and an IMF staff paper suggested the Fed Reserve’s publishing of committee members’ interest rate projections be dropped. This diagram, often referred to as the “dot plot” diagram, shows the aggregate of officials’ views but without stating which official holds each view. The dots, each one representing a member of the Fed, "do not provide...

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