Abstract
The dataset gathers all press conferences in text form made by the first three Presidents of the European Central Bank since its inception in 1998. Press conferences are composed of two elements: (1) introductory statements and (2) questions and answers (Q&A) from journalists. They serve as the main communication vehicle about the monetary policy decision of the ECB׳s Governing Council. From 1998 to 2016, a total of 205 press conferences have been delivered. The dataset is structured into two main sections: (1) 205 introductory statement of the Presidents of the ECB explaining the monetary policy of the Institution and (2) 205 answers provided by the Presidents to the journalists, hence a total of 410 statements (914,499 words or 3050 pages) about the monetary policy and its context, in text form.
Highlights
The dataset gathers all press conferences in text form made by the first three Presidents of the European Central Bank since its inception in 1998
Data extracted from the Institution's portal Raw, filtered For the second part of the dataset (Q&As), the data concern the answers provided by the ECB Texts were structured using the R programming language
The Data is made available in the supplementary material coming with this article
Summary
European Central Bank's monetary policy decisions: A dataset of two decades of press conferences. Press conferences are composed of two elements: (1) introductory statements and (2) questions and answers (Q&A) from journalists. They serve as the main communication vehicle about the monetary policy decision of the ECB's Governing Council. The dataset is structured into two main sections: (1) 205 introductory statement of the Presidents of the ECB explaining the monetary policy of the Institution and (2) 205 answers provided by the Presidents to the journalists, a total of 410 statements (914,499 words or 3050 pages) about the monetary policy and its context, in text form.
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