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Chart 1: Total quantitative words, FOMC minutes, 2005-2014

Year	Consensus	Most	Many	Some	Several	A Number Of	Few	Couple / Two	One
2005	108	6	9	16	7	5	4	0	2
2006	116	15	11	24	17	0	1	0	5
2007	185	11	5	20	14	8	0	0	1
2008	152	24	13	40	22	8	8	0	3
2009	180	32	21	50	24	5	10	0	8
2010	174	32	21	25	24	16	21	3	12
2011	200	34	22	57	33	20	37	9	20
2012	163	33	36	48	50	22	48	26	47
2013	164	25	23	47	35	35	52	34	56
2014	178	51	29	45	43	29	36	47	30

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Chart 2: Quantitative words as a share of total words, annual average

Year	Share of Total Words
2005	0.47
2006	0.54
2007	0.59
2008	0.54
2009	0.54
2010	0.57
2011	0.71
2012	0.79
2013	0.74
2014	0.73

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Chart 3: Shares of counting words in total

FOMC Participants

Year	Consensus	Most	Many	Some	Several	A Number Of	Few	Couple / Two	One
2005	60.23	3.41	9.09	10.23	7.95	3.41	3.41	0.00	2.27
2006	56.92	8.46	6.92	13.85	10.77	0.00	0.77	0.00	2.31
2007	70.00	5.56	1.67	10.56	7.78	3.89	0.00	0.00	0.56
2008	51.52	6.57	6.57	16.67	10.10	4.04	3.54	0.00	1.01
2009	47.67	11.63	8.14	18.60	7.75	1.94	3.49	0.00	0.78
2010	47.52	11.16	8.26	8.26	9.09	5.79	7.02	1.24	1.65
2011	40.73	7.60	6.38	16.11	9.42	5.47	7.29	2.13	4.86
2012	25.64	7.69	8.55	11.97	11.97	5.41	11.97	7.12	9.69
2013	24.72	6.53	4.83	11.93	9.09	9.38	13.07	8.52	11.93
2014	22.87	13.30	6.65	11.44	11.44	7.45	9.31	11.17	6.38

FOMC Members

Year	Consensus	Most	Many	Some	Several	A Number Of	Few	Couple / Two	One
2005	79.71	4.35	1.45	10.14	0.00	2.90	1.45	0.00	0.00
2006	71.19	6.78	3.39	10.17	5.08	0.00	0.00	0.00	3.39
2007	92.19	1.56	3.13	1.56	0.00	1.56	0.00	0.00	0.00
2008	69.44	15.28	0.00	9.72	2.78	0.00	1.39	0.00	1.39
2009	79.17	2.78	0.00	2.78	5.56	0.00	1.39	0.00	8.33
2010	68.60	5.81	1.16	5.81	2.33	2.33	4.65	0.00	9.30
2011	64.08	8.74	0.97	3.88	1.94	1.94	12.62	1.94	3.88
2012	59.84	4.92	4.92	4.92	6.56	2.46	4.92	0.82	10.66
2013	64.71	1.68	5.04	4.20	2.52	1.68	5.04	3.36	11.76
2014	82.14	0.89	3.57	1.79	0.00	0.89	0.89	4.46	5.36

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