This week in monetary policy: Ghana, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Czech Rep., USA, New Zealand, Fiji, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Dominican Rep., Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago

September 23, 2018

By CentralBankNews.info
     This week – September 23 through September 29 – central banks from 18 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Kyrgyz Republic, Armenia, Nigeria, Kenya, Morocco, Czech Republic, the United States, New Zealand, Fiji, Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, Egypt, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic, Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago.

   Originally, Sri Lanka’s central bank had also planned to hold a monetary policy meeting this week but it has been postponed to Oct. 2.
   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 39
SEPT 23 – SEPT 29, 2018:
COUNTRY DATE RATE LATEST YTD 1 YR AGO
GHANA 24-Sep 17.00% 0 -300 20.00%
KYRGYZSTAN 24-Sep 4.75% 0 -25 5.00%
ARMENIA 25-Sep 6.00% 0 0 6.00%
NIGERIA 25-Sep 14.00% 0 0 14.00%
KENYA 25-Sep 9.00% -50 -100 10.00%
MOROCCO 25-Sep 2.25% 0 0 2.25%
CZECH REPUBLIC 26-Sep 1.25% 25 75 0.25%
UNITED STATES 26-Sep 2.00% 0 50 1.25%
NEW ZEALAND 27-Sep 1.75% 0 0 1.75%
FIJI 27-Sep 0.50% 0 0 0.50%
PHILIPPINES 27-Sep 4.00% 50 100 3.00%
TAIWAN 27-Sep 1.375% 0 0 1.375%
INDONESIA 27-Sep 5.50% 25 125 4.25%
EGYPT 27-Sep 16.75% 0 -200 18.75%
BULGARIA 28-Sep 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
DOMINICAN REP. 28-Sep 5.50% 0 25 5.25%
COLOMBIA 28-Sep 4.25% 0 -50 5.25%
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 28-Sep 5.00% 25 25 4.75%
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