The line in the center is the median path for the federal funds rate based on the FOMC’s Summary of Economic Projections in June.
1 The shaded region, which is based on the historical accuracy of private and government forecasters, shows a 70 percent probability that the federal funds rate will be between 0 and 3-1/4 percent at the end of next year and between 0 and 4-1/2 percent at the end of 2018.