This week in monetary policy: Israel, Angola, Mauritius, Sweden, Hungary, U.S., Brazil, Albania, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Russia, Mexico and East. Caribbean

October 27, 2014

By CentralBankNews.info
    This week (October 27 through October 31) 14 central banks are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Israel, Angola, Mauritius, Sweden, Hungary, the United States, Brazil, Albania, New Zealand, Fiji, Japan, Russia, Mexico and the Eastern Caribbean 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.

COUNTRYMSCI             DATE CURRENT  RATE        1 YEAR AGO
ANGOLA27-Oct8.75%9.75%
ISRAELDM27-Oct0.25%1.00%
MAURITIUSFM27-Oct4.65%4.65%
SWEDENDM28-Oct0.25%1.00%
HUNGARYEM28-Oct2.10%3.40%
UNITED STATESDM29-Oct0.25%0.25%
BRAZILEM29-Oct11.00%9.50%
ALBANIA29-Oct2.50%3.50%
NEW ZEALANDDM30-Oct3.50%2.50%
FIJI30-Oct0.50%0.50%
JAPANDM31-Oct                 N/A                 N/A
RUSSIAEM31-Oct8.00%5.50%
MEXICOEM31-Oct3.00%3.50%
EAST. CARRIB. C.BANK31-Oct6.50%6.50%



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