{"id":169409,"date":"2020-04-27T07:35:41","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T11:35:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=169409"},"modified":"2020-04-27T07:30:41","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T11:30:41","slug":"this-week-in-monetary-policy-japan-kazakhstan-tajikistan-sweden-hungary-armenia-georgia-kenya-usa-fiji-rwanda-ecb-malawi-botswana-bulgaria-colombia-azerbaijan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2020\/04\/this-week-in-monetary-policy-japan-kazakhstan-tajikistan-sweden-hungary-armenia-georgia-kenya-usa-fiji-rwanda-ecb-malawi-botswana-bulgaria-colombia-azerbaijan\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in monetary policy: Japan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Sweden, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, Kenya, USA, Fiji, Rwanda, ECB, Malawi, Botswana, Bulgaria, Colombia &#038; Azerbaijan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-752644255\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">April 27, 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=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 This week &#8211; April 26 through May 2 &#8211; central banks from 17 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Japan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Sweden, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, Kenya, USA, Fiji, Rwanda, euro area, Malawi, Botswana, Bulgaria, Colombia and Azerbaijan.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\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.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\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>.<\/span><\/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=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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\">WEEK 18<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap; width: 65pt;\" width=\"87\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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; 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=\"xl65\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" colspan=\"3\" height=\"25\">APR 26 &#8211; MAY 2, 2020:<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">JAPAN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">27-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-0.10%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-0.10%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">KAZAKHSTAN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">27-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">9.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-250<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">9.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">TAJIKISTAN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">27-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">12.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">50<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">50<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">14.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">SWEDEN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">28-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-0.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">HUNGARY<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">28-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.90%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.90%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">ARMENIA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">28-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">5.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">5.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">GEORGIA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">29-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">9.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">6.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">KENYA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">29-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">7.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-100<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-125<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">9.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">UNITED STATES<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">29-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-100<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-150<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">2.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">FIJI<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">RWANDA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">5.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">5.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">EURO AREA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0DM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">MALAWI<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">13.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">14.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">BOTSWANA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">4.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">5.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; 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=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">BULGARIA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">COLOMBIA<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">30-Apr<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">3.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-50<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-50<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">4.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl66\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0EM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 19pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; height: 19pt; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" height=\"25\">AZERBAIJAN<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl68\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">1-May<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">7.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">-25<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl69\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\" align=\"right\">8.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl67\" style=\"border: none; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; padding-left: 1px; padding-right: 1px; padding-top: 1px; vertical-align: bottom; white-space: nowrap;\"><\/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=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a style=\"color: purple;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/\">www.CentralBankNews.info<\/a><\/span><\/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; April 26 through May 2 &#8211; central banks from 17 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Japan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Sweden, Hungary, Armenia, Georgia, Kenya, USA, Fiji, Rwanda, euro area, Malawi, Botswana, Bulgaria, Colombia and Azerbaijan. \u00a0 \u00a0 Following table includes the name of the [&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-169409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169409","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=169409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":169427,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169409\/revisions\/169427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}