FOMC Meeting Statements and Minutes for Monetary Policy Tracking

FOMC Meeting Statements & Minutes provides textual data tracking changes in U.S. monetary policy through time. The dataset is described as being updated weekly, suggesting a focus on current policy communications. The original source and specific temporal coverage are not detailed in the provided metadata.

Use Cases

• Sentiment analysis of central bank tone based on meeting statement text
• Topic modeling to identify key policy themes over time mentioned in the description
• Time-series analysis of policy changes based on weekly updated textual releases

Strengths

• Focuses on a primary source for U.S. monetary policy communication
• Described as being updated weekly, which may support analysis of recent developments

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official Federal Reserve publications.

Time Range

Temporal coverage is not specified.

Freshness

Update frequency is described as weekly, but last update date is unknown.

Geography

United States