FOMC economic projections September 2026 released by Federal Reserve

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The Fed’s latest projection release gives mortgage professionals another read on policy expectations, but the supplied notice does not confirm the actual numbers behind the outlook.

The FOMC economic projections September 2026 release is now out from the Federal Reserve Board and the Federal Open Market Committee. According to the Federal Reserve notice, the projections were released on September 16, 2026, following the September 15-16 FOMC meeting.

For loan officers, the headline is not that the Fed gave us a mortgage-rate sheet — it did not. The practical value is that Fed projections help shape rate expectations, borrower questions, and lock-or-float conversations, even though the supplied source material does not confirm the specific projection figures or the dot plot details.

Key takeaways

• The Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee released economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting on September 16, 2026.
• The supplied source confirms the release but does not provide the projection figures, policy-rate dots, or economic assumptions.
• For mortgage pros, the release matters because markets use Fed projections to frame expectations for future short-term rates, inflation, growth, and labor conditions.
• The FOMC dot plot is not a promise, a mortgage-rate forecast, or a borrower lock recommendation by itself.

Sources

• Federal Reserve — Federal Reserve Board and Federal Open Market Committee release economic projections from the September 15-16 FOMC meeting

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