median

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The December reading was exactly in line with the median forecast of a 2.3% increase in a Wall Street Journal poll of nine economists.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the forward-looking “dot plot” published earlier this month, the median Fed official projected just one more rate cut in all of 2026, although the outlook varied widely among the 19 officials who submitted forecasts.

From The Wall Street Journal

But if that should fall to the S&P 500 median of 10 times, it “would raise a yellow flag that debt payments are becoming burdensome,” says Emanuel.

From MarketWatch

Plus, with the median age of the first-time buyer hitting an all-time high of 40, the prospect of homeowners being 90 years old when they finally pay off their mortgage was troubling to many.

From MarketWatch

To be sure, this bottom-up number is notably more optimistic than the median from investment-bank forecasts collected by MarketWatch, which stands at 7,500.

From MarketWatch