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FedEventBench

76M contract-ticker rows with 19.4M labeled government-to-equity events, 2005–2025.

$9.17T in obligations · ~$778B mapped to listed companies · 1d/5d/20d forward returns · Volatility shifts.

Note: The definitive event-study benchmark for testing how government spending flows into stock prices.

76M
Contract Rows
1,470
Mapped Tickers
19.4M
Labeled Events
20
Years History

Domain

Government & Defense

Scale

~76M rows, 1.5k tickers

Updated

Daily (Last: 2025-12-06)

Deep Dive

The definitive benchmark for government spending impact

FedEventBench links 76M US federal contract records to ~1,470 equity tickers and pre-computes 19.4M labeled events with forward returns. It's an event-study benchmark for testing how government spending flows into stock prices.

It contains 76.4M mapped contract-ticker rows and 19.4M labeled events from 2005–2025, with $9.17T in obligations and ~$778B explicitly mapped to listed companies. For each contract-ticker observation, the deck provides detailed contract microstructure, award and modification timing, and pre-computed 1d/5d/20d forward returns and volatility shifts.

Feature Engineering: v1 & Roadmap

The current Pro release ships with a robust set of event and market impact signals. The roadmap extends this into intraday flow and global macro correlations.

Included in v1 Release

Event Types

FOMC, CPI, NFP, GDP, Earnings, Dividends, Splits.

Surprise Metrics

Actual vs Consensus, Z-scores, historical surprise magnitude.

Market Impact

Price jumps (1m, 5m, 30m), volume spikes, liquidity gaps.

Volatility Response

Implied volatility change, realized volatility spike, VIX impact.

Textual Analysis

Statement sentiment, keyword counts, hawkish/dovish scores.

Speaker Identification

Fed speaker classification, voting member status, hawk/dove bias.

Roadmap: Ultra Pro Extensions

Intraday Flow

Order imbalance around events, aggressive trade flow.

Options Surface

Skew changes, term structure shifts, gamma exposure profiles.

News Flow

Headlines velocity, social sentiment, news volume spikes.

Global Macro

ECB/BOJ cross-impact, currency correlation, commodity shocks.

Editions

Choose the depth of intelligence you need

FedEventBench Base

Transparent ticker mapping and NAICS/PSC context.

Contact/sales
  • 70M+ FPDS/USAspending awards
  • Transparent ticker mapping
  • NAICS/PSC context
  • QA docs for every refresh
Contact Sales

Technical Specifications

Delivery Format

  • Columnar Parquet
  • Partitioned by award_year/month
  • DuckDB / Snowflake ready

History & Coverage

  • 2005–2025 History
  • US Federal Contracts
  • Daily Updates

Integration

  • Presigned URL downloads
  • Python / R compatible
  • SHA-256 verification