{"id":142070,"date":"2019-02-18T01:35:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T06:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=142070"},"modified":"2019-02-18T01:35:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-18T06:35:16","slug":"this-week-in-monetary-policy-zambia-jamaica-fiji-indonesia-sri-lanka-mauritius-colombia-and-paraguay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/02\/this-week-in-monetary-policy-zambia-jamaica-fiji-indonesia-sri-lanka-mauritius-colombia-and-paraguay\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in monetary policy: Zambia, Jamaica, Fiji, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Colombia and Paraguay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1922624957\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">February 18, 2019<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p>By <a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/\"><u>CentralBankNews.info<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; This week &#8211; February 17 through February 23 &#8211; central banks from 8 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Zambia, Jamaica, Fiji, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, Colombia and Paraguay.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; 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.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; The table is updated when the latest&nbsp;decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/p\/this.html\" style=\"color: purple;\"><span style=\"color: #3c318a; text-decoration: none;\">This Week<\/span><\/a>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; color: black; width: 406px;\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width: 77pt;\" width=\"103\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"width: 50pt;\" width=\"67\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"width: 53pt;\" width=\"71\"><\/col>\n<col span=\"2\" style=\"width: 35pt;\" width=\"47\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"width: 53pt;\" width=\"71\"><\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; font-weight: 700; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 77pt;\" width=\"103\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">WEEK 8<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 50pt;\" width=\"67\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 53pt;\" width=\"71\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 35pt;\" width=\"47\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 35pt;\" width=\"47\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 53pt;\" width=\"71\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" colspan=\"3\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; font-weight: 700; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">FEB 17 &#8211; FEB 23, 2019:<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">COUNTRY<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DATE<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;RATE<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;LATEST<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;YTD<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;1 YR AGO<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">ZAMBIA<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">20-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">9.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">9.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">JAMAICA<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">20-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">1.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">-25<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">2.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">FIJI<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">21-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">INDONESIA<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">21-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">6.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">4.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">SRI LANKA<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">22-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">8.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">7.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">MAURITIUS<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">22-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">3.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">3.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">COLOMBIA<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">22-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">4.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">4.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"28\" style=\"height: 21pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" height=\"28\" style=\"border: none; height: 21pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">PARAGUAY<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">22-Feb<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">5.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl70\" style=\"border: none; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">5.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: inherit;\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/\" style=\"color: purple;\">www.CentralBankNews.info<\/a><span class=\"MsoHyperlink\" style=\"color: blue; 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