By CentralBankNews.info
This week – October 27 through November 2 – central banks from 14 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Kazakhstan, Armenia, Malawi, Moldova, Canada, United States, Brazil, Fiji, Japan, Botswana, Mozambique, Bulgaria, Dominican Republic and Colombia.
In addition to these banks, the central banks that fully or partly peg their currencies to the U.S. dollar also set monetary policy after the Federal Reserve, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the UAE, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, Hong Kong and Macao.
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.
| WEEK 44 | ||||||
| OCT 27 – NOV 2, 2019: | ||||||
| KAZAKHSTAN | 28-Oct | 9.25% | -25 | 0 | 9.25% | FM |
| ARMENIA | 29-Oct | 5.50% | -25 | -50 | 6.00% | |
| MALAWI | 30-Oct | 13.50% | 0 | -250 | 16.00% | |
| MOLDOVA | 30-Oct | 7.50% | 0 | 100 | 6.50% | |
| CANADA | 30-Oct | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 1.75% | DM |
| UNITED STATES | 30-Oct | 2.00% | -25 | -50 | 2.25% | DM |
| BRAZIL | 30-Oct | 5.50% | -50 | -100 | 6.50% | EM |
| FIJI | 31-Oct | 0.50% | 0 | 0 | 0.50% | |
| JAPAN | 31-Oct | -0.10% | 0 | 0 | -0.10% | DM |
| BOTSWANA | 31-Oct | 4.75% | -25 | -25 | 5.00% | |
| MOZAMBIQUE | 31-Oct | 12.75% | -50 | -150 | 15.00% | |
| BULGARIA | 31-Oct | 0.00% | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | FM |
| COLOMBIA | 31-Oct | 4.25% | 0 | 0 | 4.25% | EM |
| DOMINICAN REP. | 31-Oct | 4.50% | 0 | -100 | 5.50% | |