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The FOMC meeting minutes: An update of counting words, Accessible Data
Chart 1. Total quantitative words, FOMC minutes, 2005-2016
Year
Consensus
Most/Majority
Many
Some
Several
Few
One/Couple/Two
Total
2005
108
6
9
16
7
4
2
152
2006
116
15
11
24
17
1
5
189
2007
185
11
5
20
14
0
1
236
2008
152
24
13
40
22
8
3
262
2009
180
32
21
50
24
10
8
325
2010
174
34
21
25
24
21
15
314
2011
200
37
22
57
33
37
29
415
2012
163
33
36
48
50
48
73
451
2013
164
26
23
47
35
52
90
437
2014
179
51
29
45
43
36
78
461
2015
240
35
37
62
43
36
46
499
2016
236
48
40
83
73
41
42
563
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Chart 2. Quantitative words as a share of total words, annual average
Year
Average Words/WordCount
2005
0.46%
2006
0.54%
2007
0.57%
2008
0.52%
2009
0.54%
2010
0.55%
2011
0.68%
2012
0.75%
2013
0.68%
2014
0.69%
2015
0.73%
2016
0.74%
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Chart 3. Shares of counting words in total, FOMC participants (upper)
Year
Consensus
Most/Majority
Many
Some
Several
Few
One/Couple/Two
Total
2005
53
3
8
9
7
3
2
85
2006
74
11
9
18
14
1
3
130
2007
126
10
3
19
14
0
1
173
2008
102
13
13
33
20
7
2
190
2009
123
30
21
48
20
9
2
253
2010
115
29
20
20
22
17
7
230
2011
134
27
21
53
31
24
23
313
2012
90
27
30
42
42
42
59
332
2013
87
24
17
42
32
46
72
320
2014
87
50
25
43
43
35
67
350
2015
108
28
32
55
37
36
36
332
2016
122
38
36
72
66
37
29
400
Chart 3. Shares of counting words in total, FOMC members (lower)
Year
Consensus
Most/Majority
Many
Some
Several
Few
One/Couple/Two
Total
2005
55
3
1
7
0
1
0
67
2006
42
4
2
6
3
0
2
59
2007
59
1
2
1
0
0
0
63
2008
50
11
0
7
2
1
1
72
2009
57
2
0
2
4
1
6
72
2010
59
5
1
5
2
4
8
84
2011
66
10
1
4
2
13
6
102
2012
73
6
6
6
8
6
14
119
2013
77
2
6
5
3
6
18
117
2014
92
1
4
2
0
1
11
111
2015
132
7
5
7
6
0
10
167
2016
114
10
4
11
7
4
13
163
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Last Update:
August 03, 2017
