April 19, 2021
This week – April 19 through April 24 – central banks from 9 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Israel, China, Indonesia, Canada, Costa Rica, Uzbekistan, European Central Bank, Paraguay and Russia.
Following table includes the name of the country, the date of the next policy decision, the current policy rate, the local time a policy decision is announced, the result of the last policy decision, the change in the policy rate year to date, and the rate one year ago.
The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always be accessed by clicking on This Week.
| WEEK 16 | |||||||
| APR 19 – APR 24, 2021: | |||||||
| ISRAEL | 19-Apr | 0.10% | 16:00 | 0 | 0 | 0.10% | DM |
| CHINA | 20-Apr | 3.85% | 9:30 | 0 | 0 | 3.85% | EM |
| INDONESIA | 20-Apr | 3.50% | 0 | -25 | 4.50% | EM | |
| CANADA | 21-Apr | 0.25% | 10:00 | 0 | 0 | 0.25% | DM |
| COSTA RICA | 21-Apr | 0.75% | 0 | 0 | 1.25% | ||
| UZBEKISTAN | 22-Apr | 14.00% | 14:30 | 0 | 0 | 15.00% | |
| EURO AREA | 22-Apr | 0.00% | 13:45 | 0 | 0 | 0.00% | DM |
| PARAGUAY | 22-Apr | 0.75% | 0 | 0 | 1.25% | ||
| RUSSIA | 23-Apr | 4.50% | 13:30 | 25 | 25 | 5.50% | EM |
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