{"id":167695,"date":"2020-03-30T10:00:08","date_gmt":"2020-03-30T14:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=167695"},"modified":"2020-03-30T07:50:34","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T11:50:34","slug":"this-week-in-monetary-policy-kyrgyzstan-lesotho-chile-bulgaria-egypt-and-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/03\/this-week-in-monetary-policy-kyrgyzstan-lesotho-chile-bulgaria-egypt-and-romania\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in monetary policy: Kyrgyzstan, Lesotho, Chile, Bulgaria, Egypt and Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1027780283\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">March 30, 2020<\/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;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 This week &#8211; March 29 through April 4 &#8211; central banks from 6 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Chile, Bulgaria, Egypt and Romania.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">\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<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 The table is updated when the latest\u00a0decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on\u00a0<a style=\"color: purple;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/p\/this.html\"><span style=\"color: #3c318a; text-decoration: none;\">This Week<\/span><\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; color: black; width: 609px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width: 65pt;\" span=\"7\" width=\"87\" \/> <\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">WEEK 14<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: bold; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" colspan=\"3\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">MAR 29 &#8211; APR 4, 2020:<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">KYRGYSTAN<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">30-Mar<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">5.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">75<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">75<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">4.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">LESOTHO<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">31-Mar<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">5.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-100<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-125<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">6.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">CHILE<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">31-Mar<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">1.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-75<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-75<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">3.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">BULGARIA<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">31-Mar<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">0.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">0<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">0.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">EGYPT<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">2-Apr<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">9.25%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-300<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-300<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">15.75%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">ROMANIA<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">3-Apr<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">2.00%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-50<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">-50<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">2.50%<\/span><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><span style=\"font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: small;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FM<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: purple;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/\">www.CentralBankNews.info<\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CentralBankNews.info \u00a0 \u00a0 This week &#8211; March 29 through April 4 &#8211; central banks from 6 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Chile, Bulgaria, Egypt and Romania. \u00a0 \u00a0 Following table includes the name of the country, the date of the next policy decision, the current policy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167695"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":167729,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167695\/revisions\/167729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}