---
dataset_info:
  features:
  - name: bank
    dtype: string
  - name: year
    dtype: int64
  - name: doc_id
    dtype: string
  - name: release_date
    dtype: string
  - name: start_date
    dtype: string
  - name: end_date
    dtype: string
  - name: minutes_link
    dtype: string
  - name: cleaned_name
    dtype: string
  - name: original_name
    dtype: string
  - name: sentence
    dtype: string
  splits:
  - name: train
    num_bytes: 169841774
    num_examples: 380200
  download_size: 31197106
  dataset_size: 169841774
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data/train-*
license: cc-by-nc-sa-4.0
task_categories:
- text-classification
language:
- en
tags:
- finance
- econ
pretty_name: WCB_380k_sentences
size_categories:
- 100K<n<1M
---

## Dataset Summary
For dataset summary, please refer to [https://huggingface.co/datasets/gtfintechlab/WCB_380k_sentences](https://huggingface.co/datasets/gtfintechlab/WCB_380k_sentences)

## Additional Information
This dataset contains all scraped sentences from 25 central banks. Each sentence contains metadata including temporal information and specific names from our [Github repository](https://github.com/gtfintechlab/WorldsCentralBanks). Additional information about this dataset is available in our [paper](https://arxiv.org).

### Label Interpretation

- **bank:** The central bank name.
- **year:** The year of the monetary policy meeting (or equivalent meeting).
- **doc_id:** Unique document identifier, which follows the naming convention: "{bank_name}_{meeting_date}".
- **release_date:** Date when the meeting minutes (or equivalent documents) were released.
- **start_date:** Start date of the meeting.
- **end_date:** End date of the meeting.
- **minutes_link:** Link to the original minutes (or equivalent) document.
- **cleaned_name:** Cleaned version of the meeting minutes (or equivalent) document, which follows the naming convention: "{bank_name}_{meeting_date}.txt"
- **original_name:** Original version of the meeting minutes (or equivalent) document, which follows the naming convention: "{bank_name}_{meeting_date}.{file_extension}"
- **sentence:** The sentence from the minutes (or equivalent) document.

## Licensing Information
The WCB_380k_sentences dataset is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International. [More information in the paper.](https://arxiv.org)

## Citation Information
```bibtex
@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 WCB_380k_sentences 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

## GitHub Link
[Link to our GitHub repository.](https://github.com/gtfintechlab/WorldsCentralBanks)