Challenge Data
Datasets related to the Financial Crisis
The following comprise the official data sources available to challenge participants. Python scripts used to generate the challenge data are also available upon request.
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Economic Indicators (stocks, bonds, CPI, Housing index etc) DATA
Other Resources
These additional sources are not part of the official collection. We ask that any data you collect for the purpose of this challenge be shared.
- Timeline of the Financial Crisis and Policy Actions (St. Louis Fed)
- Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform a and Consumer Financial Protection Act: A brief legislative history with links, reports and summaries (Law Librarians’ Society of Washington D.C.)
- Membership of the Board of Governors, Federal Reserve Board
- Membership of the FCIC
- FCIC hearings
- List of financial experts and affiliation interviewed by FCIC
- FCIC expert interviews (includes 356 lengthy recordings in need of transcription – takers?)
- Membership of the United States Congress and committees
- Congressional Bills Project
- Policy Agendas Project
- Presidential papers
After Reform
- Regulations : proposed regulations, public comments on them, and final regulations
- TARP tracker U.S. Department of the Treasury
- TARP oversight: Congressional Oversight Panel , Government Accountability Office, SIGTARP, Congressional Budget Office monthly reports (e.g., May 2013)
Other possible data options
- Media coverage of the financial crisis
- Macroeconomic data during the crisis
- Congressional floor debates
- Legislator voting positions
- Congressional press releases
- Campaign contributions
- Lobbying activity
- Other committee hearings
- Prior financial regulation legislation and laws
- Election outcomes data
- Population data (e.g., income, employment, health)
- Policy reforms adopted outside the U.S. in response to the financial crisis
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