metadata
license: mit
task_categories:
- text-generation
- question-answering
- summarization
- text-classification
- mask-generation
- sentence-similarity
language:
- en
tags:
- economics
- monetary-policy
- federal-reserve
- jerome-powell
- fomc
- central-banking
- financial-markets
- inflation
- interest-rates
- employment
- economic-policy
- press-conferences
- transcripts
- us-economy
- macroeconomics
size_categories:
- 10K<n<100K
pretty_name: '"FOMC Press Conferences - Powell Era Monetary Policy Communications'
Dataset Card for FOMC Press Conferences - Jerome Powell Era
The FOMC Press Conferences - Jerome Powell Era dataset contains comprehensive transcripts of all Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) press conferences chaired by Jerome Powell from 2018 to 2025. This unique dataset captures the complete Q&A sessions where Chairman Powell explains monetary policy decisions, economic outlook, and responds to journalists' questions about the Federal Reserve's actions.
Data Fields
- text: Complete transcript text including speaker identification tags
- date: Conference date (extracted from filename)
- speakers: Identified speakers including Chair Powell and journalists
- topics: Economic topics discussed (inflation, employment, interest rates, etc.)
Data Splits
The dataset contains 40+ press conference transcripts spanning:
- Training Period: 2018-2025
- Coverage: All FOMC meetings with press conferences during Powell's chairmanship
Source Data
- Initial Data Collection: Transcripts from Federal Reserve official releases
- Annotation Process: Raw transcripts with speaker identification tags
- Who are the source language producers: Federal Reserve Board staff and official stenographers
📊 Dataset Statistics
- Data Points: 50,000+ text segments
- Time Coverage: 6+ years of Fed communications
- Market Events: 3 major economic cycles
- Policy Changes: 15+ interest rate decisions
- Market Impact: $100+ billion in daily volatility
🔥 Community ideas:
1. "Powell Sentiment Index"
- Real-time Fed sentiment scoring
- Market Impact: Predict market reactions to Fed communications
- Social Sharing: Daily sentiment updates on Twitter/LinkedIn
2. "Fed Policy Predictor"
- Predict Fed decisions before they happen
- Accuracy: Historical prediction validation
- Engagement: Weekly prediction contests
3. "Powell Word Cloud Generator" ☁️
- Visual representation of Fed priorities
- Interactive: Real-time word cloud updates
- Shareable: Perfect for social media
4. "Market Reaction Analyzer"
Quantify Powell's market impact
- Real-time: Live analysis during press conferences
- Trading: Identify profitable trading opportunities
@dataset{fomc_press_conferences_powell,
title={FOMC Press Conferences - Jerome Powell Era},
author={Federal Reserve Board},
year={2018-2025},
url={[jerome-powell-press-release-QA](https://huggingface.co/datasets/BoostedJonP/jerome-powell-press-release-QA)}
}
- Repository: FED Press Conference Scraper
- Author: Jonathan Paserman