This week in monetary policy: Australia, India, Romania, Thailand, Albania, Kenya, U.K., Czech Rep. and Japan

August 3, 2015

By CentralBankNews.info

  This week (August 3 through August 8) central banks from 9 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Australia, India, Romania, Thailand, Albania, Kenya, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic and Japan.
  Following table includes the name of the country, its MSCI classification, the direction of the latest decision, the date the new policy decision will be announced, the current policy rate, and the rate one year ago.
  The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on This Week.

COUNTRY MSCI LATEST DATE CURRENT  RATE 1 YEAR AGO
AUSTRALIA DM UNCH. 4-Aug 2.00% 2.50%
INDIA EM CUT 4-Aug 7.25% 8.00%
ROMANIA FM UNCH. 4-Aug 1.75% 3.50%
THAILAND EM UNCH. 5-Aug 1.50% 2.00%
ALBANIA UNCH. 5-Aug 2.00% 2.50%
KENYA FM RAISE 5-Aug 11.50% 8.50%
UNITED KINGDOM DM UNCH. 6-Aug 0.50% 0.50%
CZECH REPUBLIC EM UNCH. 6-Aug 0.05% 0.05%
JAPAN DM UNCH. 7-Aug N/A N/A