{"id":153747,"date":"2019-08-19T07:55:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-19T11:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=153747"},"modified":"2019-08-19T07:33:32","modified_gmt":"2019-08-19T11:33:32","slug":"this-week-in-monetary-policy-zambia-paraguay-indonesia-egypt-sri-lanka-and-jackson-hole","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/08\/this-week-in-monetary-policy-zambia-paraguay-indonesia-egypt-sri-lanka-and-jackson-hole\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in monetary policy: Zambia, Paraguay, Indonesia, Egypt, Sri Lanka and Jackson Hole"},"content":{"rendered":"
August 19, 2019<\/div>
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By CentralBankNews.info<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 This week – August 18 through\u00a0August 24 – central banks from 5 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Zambia, Paraguay, Indonesia, Egypt and Sri Lanka.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 Many central bankers, economists and academics will also be in the small U.S. city of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to attend the Kansas City Fed’s annual economic symposium from Aug. 22 to Aug. 24. The theme of this year’s symposium, a decade after the global financial crises, is “Challenges for Monetary Policy,” with Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell scheduled to speak on Aug. 23.<\/div>\n
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\u00a0 \u00a0 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
\u00a0 \u00a0 The table is updated when the latest\u00a0decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on\u00a0This Week<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n
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WEEK 34<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
AUG 18 – AUG 24, 2019:<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ZAMBIA\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n21-Aug<\/span><\/td>\n10.25%<\/span><\/td>\n50<\/span><\/td>\n50<\/span><\/td>\n9.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
PARAGUAY<\/span><\/td>\n21-Aug<\/span><\/td>\n4.50%<\/span><\/td>\n-25<\/span><\/td>\n-75<\/span><\/td>\n5.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INDONESIA<\/span><\/td>\n22-Aug<\/span><\/td>\n5.75%<\/span><\/td>\n-25<\/span><\/td>\n-25<\/span><\/td>\n5.50%<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
EGYPT<\/span><\/td>\n22-Aug<\/span><\/td>\n15.75%<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n-100<\/span><\/td>\n16.75%<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SRI LANKA<\/span><\/td>\n23-Aug<\/span><\/td>\n7.50%<\/span><\/td>\n0<\/span><\/td>\n-50<\/span><\/td>\n7.25%<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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