This week in monetary policy: Ghana, Kenya, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, USA, Chile, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Dominican Rep. & Azerbaijan

January 26, 2019

By CentralBankNews.info

  This week – January 27 through February 2 – central banks from 14 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Kenya, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, Tajikistan, Bangladesh, United States, Chile, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Colombia, Dominican Republic and Azerbaijan.
  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, and the rate one year ago.

  The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on This Week.

WEEK 5
JAN 27 – FEB 2, 2019:
COUNTRY DATE RATE LATEST YTD 1 YR AGO
GHANA 28-Jan 17.00% 0 0 20.00%
KENYA 28-Jan 9.00% 0 0 10.00%
HUNGARY 29-Jan 0.90% 0 0 0.90%
ARMENIA 29-Jan 6.00% 0 0 6.00%
GEORGIA 30-Jan 7.00% 0 0 7.25%
TAJIKISTAN 30-Jan 14.00% 0 0 14.75%
BANGLADESH 30-Jan 6.00% 0 0 6.75%
UNITED STATES 30-Jan 2.50% 25 0 1.50%
CHILE 30-Jan 2.75% 0 0 2.50%
UKRAINE 31-Jan 18.00% 0 0 16.00%
BULGARIA 31-Jan 0.00% 0 0 0.00%
COLOMBIA 31-Jan 4.25% 0 0 4.50%
DOMINICAN REP. 31-Jan 5.50% 0 0 5.25%
AZERBAIJAN 1-Feb 9.75% 0 0 15.00%