{"id":89945,"date":"2016-05-18T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2016-05-18T21:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=89945"},"modified":"2016-05-18T17:37:47","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T21:37:47","slug":"this-week-in-monetary-policy-ghana-serbia-chile-indonesia-malaysia-south-africa-and-sri-lanka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2016\/05\/this-week-in-monetary-policy-ghana-serbia-chile-indonesia-malaysia-south-africa-and-sri-lanka\/","title":{"rendered":"This week in monetary policy: Ghana, Serbia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Sri Lanka"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2034842542\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">May 18, 2016<\/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=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; (Updates with Sri Lanka&#8217;s central bank, which announced the date for its policy review)<\/span><\/span><br \/><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><br \/><\/span><\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; This week&nbsp;(May 16 through May 21) central banks from 7 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Serbia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Sri Lanka.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-autospace: none;\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">&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, the rate one year ago, and the country\u2019s MSCI classification.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp; &nbsp; The table is updated when the latest&nbsp;decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/p\/this.html\"><span style=\"color: #3c318a; text-decoration: none;\">This Week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">.<o:p><\/o:p><\/span><br \/><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\"><br \/><\/span><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">         <\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 544px;\"><!--StartFragment--> <\/p>\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 6485; mso-width-source: userset; width: 152pt;\" width=\"152\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 2901; mso-width-source: userset; width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 3285; mso-width-source: userset; width: 77pt;\" width=\"77\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 2901; mso-width-source: userset; width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 2474; mso-width-source: userset; width: 58pt;\" width=\"58\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 3285; mso-width-source: userset; width: 77pt;\" width=\"77\"><\/col>\n<col style=\"mso-width-alt: 1877; mso-width-source: userset; width: 44pt;\" width=\"44\"><\/col>\n<\/colgroup>\n<tbody>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt; width: 152pt;\" width=\"152\">WEEK 20<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77pt;\" width=\"77\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 68pt;\" width=\"68\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 58pt;\" width=\"58\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 77pt;\" width=\"77\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 44pt;\" width=\"44\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" colspan=\"2\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt; mso-ignore: colspan;\">MAY   16 &#8211; MAY 21, 2016:<\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl63\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">COUNTRY<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; DATE<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; RATE<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl63\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; LATEST<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; YTD<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1 YR AGO<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl64\">&nbsp;&nbsp; MSCI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">GHANA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">16-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">26.00%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">22.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">SERBIA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">17-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">4.25%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">6.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">ZAMBIA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">17-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">15.50%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">12.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">ARMENIA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">17-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">7.75%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">-50<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">-100<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">10.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">CHILE<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">17-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">3.50%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">3.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">INDONESIA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">19-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">6.75%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">-25<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">-75<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">7.50%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">MALAYSIA&nbsp;<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">19-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">3.25%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">3.25%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">SOUTH AFRICA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">19-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">7.00%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">25<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">75<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">5.75%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">\n<td class=\"xl65\" height=\"20\" style=\"height: 20.0pt;\">SRI LANKA<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl66\">20-May<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl67\">6.50%<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl65\">0<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl68\">50<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\" class=\"xl69\">6.00%<\/td>\n<td class=\"xl65\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; FM<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.centralbanknews.info\/\"><span style=\"mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana;\">www.CentralBankNews.info<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CentralBankNews.info &nbsp; &nbsp; (Updates with Sri Lanka&#8217;s central bank, which announced the date for its policy review)&nbsp; &nbsp; This week&nbsp;(May 16 through May 21) central banks from 7 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Serbia, Chile, Indonesia, Malaysia, South Africa and Sri Lanka. &nbsp; 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