fomc-events / tests /test_pit.py
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"""The point-in-time table, and the arithmetic it is allowed to do."""
from __future__ import annotations
from datetime import UTC, date, datetime
import polars as pl
from recipe.pipeline import with_rate_changes
from recipe.pit import build_pit, horizon_label, weighted_median
from recipe.schema import EVENT_SCHEMA, align
def test_horizon_is_relative_to_the_meeting_that_projected_it():
assert horizon_label("2026", 2026) == "Y0"
assert horizon_label("2028", 2026) == "Y2"
assert horizon_label("longer_run", 2026) == "LR"
# A projection for a year already past is not a horizon; it is a misread
# column, and it is dropped rather than filed under a negative offset.
assert horizon_label("2019", 2026) is None
def test_the_median_dot_counts_each_participant_once():
assert weighted_median([3.0, 3.5, 4.0], [1, 1, 1]) == 3.5
assert weighted_median([3.0, 4.0], [2, 2]) == 3.5
assert weighted_median([3.0, 3.5, 4.0], [5, 1, 1]) == 3.0
assert weighted_median([], []) is None
def _events() -> pl.DataFrame:
rows = [
{
"event_id": "US_FOMC_2026-01-28_STATEMENT", "meeting_id": "US_FOMC_2026-01-28",
"event_type": "STATEMENT",
"knowledge_at": datetime(2026, 1, 28, 19, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
"target_rate_lower": 3.75, "target_rate_upper": 4.0, "target_rate_mid": 3.875,
"decision": "hold", "vote_for": 12, "vote_against": 0,
"knowledge_time_precision": "exact", "source_url": "https://example.invalid/a",
"parser_version": "1.0.0",
},
{
"event_id": "US_FOMC_2026-03-18_STATEMENT", "meeting_id": "US_FOMC_2026-03-18",
"event_type": "STATEMENT",
"knowledge_at": datetime(2026, 3, 18, 18, 0, tzinfo=UTC),
"target_rate_lower": 3.5, "target_rate_upper": 3.75, "target_rate_mid": 3.625,
"decision": "cut", "vote_for": 11, "vote_against": 1,
"knowledge_time_precision": "exact", "source_url": "https://example.invalid/b",
"parser_version": "1.0.0",
},
]
return align(pl.DataFrame(rows, infer_schema_length=None), EVENT_SCHEMA)
def _meetings() -> pl.DataFrame:
return pl.DataFrame(
{
"meeting_id": ["US_FOMC_2026-01-28", "US_FOMC_2026-03-18"],
"meeting_end_date": [date(2026, 1, 28), date(2026, 3, 18)],
}
)
def test_rate_change_is_measured_against_the_previous_statement():
events = with_rate_changes(_events())
changes = dict(zip(events["event_id"], events["rate_change_bp"], strict=True))
assert changes["US_FOMC_2026-01-28_STATEMENT"] is None
assert changes["US_FOMC_2026-03-18_STATEMENT"] == -25.0
def test_pit_rows_carry_the_instant_the_event_did():
frames = {
"events": _events(),
"meetings": _meetings(),
"sep": pl.DataFrame(schema={"meeting_id": pl.String, "median": pl.Float64}),
"dot_plot": pl.DataFrame(
schema={
"meeting_id": pl.String, "projection_year": pl.String,
"rate_level": pl.Float64, "dot_count": pl.Int32,
"knowledge_at": pl.Datetime(time_unit="us", time_zone="UTC"),
"source_url": pl.String,
}
),
}
pit = build_pit(frames)
assert set(pit["entity_id"].unique()) == {
"US_FOMC_TARGET_RATE_LOWER", "US_FOMC_TARGET_RATE_UPPER", "US_FOMC_TARGET_RATE_MID",
}
mid = pit.filter(pl.col("entity_id") == "US_FOMC_TARGET_RATE_MID").sort("knowledge_date")
assert mid["actual"].to_list() == [3.875, 3.625]
assert mid["previous"].to_list() == [None, 3.875]
assert mid["change"].to_list() == [None, -0.25]
# Nothing is ever knowable before it was published.
assert (mid["knowledge_date"] >= mid["event_date"].cast(pl.Datetime("us", "UTC"))).all()
def test_forecast_is_always_null():
"""Consensus estimates are licensed data; this dataset carries none."""
frames = {
"events": _events(), "meetings": _meetings(),
"sep": pl.DataFrame(schema={"meeting_id": pl.String, "median": pl.Float64}),
"dot_plot": pl.DataFrame(
schema={
"meeting_id": pl.String, "projection_year": pl.String,
"rate_level": pl.Float64, "dot_count": pl.Int32,
"knowledge_at": pl.Datetime(time_unit="us", time_zone="UTC"),
"source_url": pl.String,
}
),
}
assert build_pit(frames)["forecast"].null_count() == build_pit(frames).height