Bank of England Speeches Dataset
This webpage contains the dataset of speeches of Bank of England officials initially collected for Scotto di Vettimo and Koop (2025) (UPDATE LINK TO REAL ONE). This
The dataset contains x,xxx speeches from xxx officials between xx May, 1997 and xx 2025. … (short paragraph about variables coded)
The dataset is available free of charge for academic research and personal non-commercial use. It can be downloaded from the link on top of this page, along with a folder with the raw text of the speeches and the codebook used for the annotation.
Bank speeches are delivered…
A description of what the figure is about
Other descriptives of the variables we handcoded in the dataset…
Some interactive chars below?
The language these speeches has evolved considerably over time…
… can we put here something about our measures (accessibility/relatability) without violating any copyright with Governance?
Citation
When using this data, please cite:
- Scotto di Vettimo, M. & Koop, C.
Replication
The replication package for this paper is available here (link to Governance replication material/zipped folder with replication material)
This page is updated with data collected up to June 2025.
Michele Scotto di Vettimo
Research Fellow
My research interests include comparative politics, public opinion studies and EU political system. Currently, my main project is about decision-making in the European Council.