September 2, 2014
This week (September 1 – 5) 10 central banks are scheduled to decide on monetary policy, including the countries and jurisdictions of Egypt, Australia, Brazil, Poland, Canada, Kenya, Sweden, the euro area, the United Kingdom and Mexico. This item was updated to include Kenya’s central bank.
Following table includes name of the country, its MSCI classification, the date the policy decision will be announced, the current policy rate, and the rate one year ago.
| COUNTRY | MSCI | DATE | CURRENT RATE | 1 YEAR AGO |
| EGYPT | EM | 1-Sep | 9.25% | 9.25% |
| AUSTRALIA | DM | 2-Sep | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| BRAZIL | EM | 3-Sep | 11.00% | 9.00% |
| POLAND | EM | 3-Sep | 2.50% | 2.50% |
| CANADA | DM | 3-Sep | 1.00% | 1.00% |
| KENYA | FM | 3-Sep | 8.50% | 8.50% |
| SWEDEN | DM | 4-Sep | 0.25% | 1.00% |
| EURO AREA | 4-Sep | 0.15% | 0.50% | |
| UNITED KINGDOM | DM | 4-Sep | 0.50% | 0.50% |
| MEXICO | EM | 5-Sep | 3.00% | 3.75% |
