boe_mpc_votes: Monetary Policy Committee voting history

In boe: Download Data from the 'Bank of England' Statistical Database

Monetary Policy Committee voting history

Description

Downloads the Bank of England's published MPC voting record and returns it in long format. Each row is one (meeting, member) pair showing the rate the member voted for and whether that constituted a dissent from the committee's decision.

Usage

boe_mpc_votes(cache = TRUE)

Arguments

cache

Logical. Use cached download if less than 24 hours old (default TRUE). The voting workbook is small (~110 KB).

Details

Coverage runs from the first MPC meeting in June 1997 through the most recent published minutes. Both current and past committee members are included.

Requires the readxl package.

Value

A boe_tbl data frame with columns:

date

Date. Meeting date.

member

Character. MPC member name.

member_vote_pct

Numeric. The Bank Rate the member voted for (percent).

decision_pct

Numeric. The committee's decision (percent).

dissent

Logical. TRUE if the member's vote differed from the committee decision.

Source

https://www.bankofengland.co.uk/monetary-policy

See Also

boe_mpc_decisions()

Other monetary policy: boe_mpc_decisions(), boe_mpr_forecasts()

Examples

if (requireNamespace("readxl", quietly = TRUE)) {
  op <- options(boe.cache_dir = tempdir())
  votes <- boe_mpc_votes()

  # Recent dissents
  recent <- subset(votes, dissent & date >= as.Date("2024-01-01"))
  head(recent)

  options(op)
}

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