This week in monetary policy: Ghana, Serbia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Sri Lanka

May 18, 2016

By CentralBankNews.info

    (Updates with Sri Lanka’s central bank, which announced the date for its policy review)

    This week (May 16 through May 21) central banks from 7 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Serbia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Sri Lanka.
    Following table includes the name of the country, the date of the next policy decision, the current policy rate, the result of the last policy decision, the change in the policy rate year to date, the rate one year ago, and the country’s MSCI classification.
    The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on This Week.

WEEK 20
MAY 16 – MAY 21, 2016:
COUNTRY      DATE          RATE     LATEST       YTD    1 YR AGO   MSCI
GHANA16-May26.00%0022.00%
SERBIA17-May4.25%06.50%      FM
ZAMBIA17-May15.50%0012.50%
ARMENIA17-May7.75%-50-10010.50%
CHILE17-May3.50%003.00%      EM
INDONESIA19-May6.75%-25-757.50%      EM
MALAYSIA 19-May3.25%003.25%      EM
SOUTH AFRICA19-May7.00%25755.75%      EM
SRI LANKA20-May6.50%0506.00%      FM