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license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- en
tags:
- finance
- econ
pretty_name: bank_of_canada
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Dataset Summary
For dataset summary, please refer to https://huggingface.co/datasets/gtfintechlab/bank_of_canada
Additional Information
This dataset is annotated across three different tasks: Stance Detection, Temporal Classification, and Uncertainty Estimation. The tasks have four, two, and two unique labels, respectively. This dataset contains 1,000 sentences taken from the meeting minutes of the Bank of Canada.
Label Interpretation
Stance Detection
- Hawkish: The sentence supports contractionary monetary policy.
- Dovish: The sentence supports expansionary monetary policy.
- Neutral: The sentence contains neither hawkish or dovish sentiment, or both hawkish and dovish sentiment.
- Irrelevant: The sentence is not related to monetary policy.
Temporal Classification
- Forward-looking: The sentence discusses future economic events or decisions.
- Not Forward-looking: The sentence discusses past or current economic events or decisions.
Uncertainty Estimation
- Certain: Indicates that the sentence presents information definitively.
- Uncertain: Indicates that the sentence presents information with speculation, possibility, or doubt.
Licensing Information
The bank_of_canada dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. More information in the paper.
Citation Information
@article{WCBShahSukhaniPardawala,
title={Words That Unite The World: A Unified Framework for Deciphering Global Central Bank Communications},
author={Agam Shah, Siddhant Sukhani, Huzaifa Pardawala et al.},
year={2025}
}
Contact
For any bank_of_canada dataset related issues and questions, please contact:
Huzaifa Pardawala: huzaifahp7[at]gatech[dot]edu
Siddhant Sukhani: ssukhani3[at]gatech[dot]edu
Agam Shah: ashah482[at]gatech[dot]edu