MPSD Website

Website for the Monetary Policy Statement Database (MPSD) — a standardized, machine-readable dataset of 6,693 policy statements from 51 central banks (1990–2024), designed for research on communication trends, inflation dynamics, and global monetary policy transmission.

Version: v0.1 Beta · License: CC BY-NC 4.0 · DOI: IFC Bulletin No. 67

Pages

Page	Content
index.html	Hero, stats, key research findings, beta notice
methodology.html	Database features, pipeline, future updates
papers.html	Searchable/filterable list of papers using MPSD
contact.html	Access policy, citation (plain text + BibTeX), license, GitHub Issues

Live Site

https://centralbanktexts.github.io/

Data Repository

https://github.com/CentralBankTexts/monetary-policy-statement-database

Structure

index.html            # Home
papers.html           # Papers list
methodology.html      # Methodology & features
contact.html          # Access, citation, license
assets/
  styles.css          # All styles
  main.js             # Navigation toggle + papers page logic
  data/
    papers.json       # Papers data - edit this to add/update entries

Update Papers List

Edit assets/data/papers.json. Each entry supports the following fields:

{
  "title": "Paper title",
  "authors": "Author names",
  "journal": "Journal or venue",
  "year": "2026",
  "type": "journal | working-paper | policy-note",
  "tags": ["tag1", "tag2"],
  "link": "https://..."
}

License

Repository license text: LICENSE.txt

Access Policy Terms

By requesting access, you agree to cite the following reference in any research using this dataset. The dataset may not be redistributed or publicly shared without permission.

Citation

A journal version of this work is currently under review. Users will be notified when the final publication becomes available.

Baird, C., Benchimol, J., Vyshnevska, V., Sohn, W., & Vyshnevskyi, I. (2026). The Monetary Policy Statement Database. In Data Science in Central Banking, IFC Bulletin No. 67, Chapter 14. Bank for International Settlements.

BibTeX

@incollection{BairdBenchimolVyshnevskaSohnVyshnevskyi2026a,
  author    = {Baird, Cory and Benchimol, Jonathan
               and Vyshnevska, Vira and Sohn, Wook
               and Vyshnevskyi, Iegor},
  editor    = {{Bank for International Settlements}},
  title     = {{The Monetary Policy Statement Database}},
  booktitle = {Data Science in Central Banking},
  publisher = {Bank for International Settlements},
  year      = {2026},
  volume    = {67},
  series    = {IFC Bulletins chapters}
}