(Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve’s so-called dot plot, which the U.S. central bank uses to signal its outlook for the path of interest rates, shows that policy makers expect two more rate increases in 2018, based on median estimates. The Fed on Wednesday raised its benchmark rate for the second time this year.

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