7 See page 6 of Chairman Bernanke’s April 2012 press conference transcript, available at https://www.federalreserve.gov/mediacenter/files/FOMCpresconf20120425.pdf. Note that the SEP does  -8Effectively conveying our views about risks and their role in policy projections can be challenging at times, and we are always looking for ways to improve our communications.
I have asked the communications subcommittee of the FOMC to explore ways in which we can more effectively communicate about the role of the rate projections. For now, let me leave you with a cautionary tale about focusing too much on dots. Here is a picture composed of different colored dots (figure 2).