This week in monetary policy: Iceland, Namibia, New Zealand, Korea, Serbia, Switzerland, U.K., Peru, Fiji and Russia

December 6, 2015

By CentralBankNews.info

  This week (December 7 through December 12) central banks from 10 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Iceland, Namibia, New Zealand, South Korea, Serbia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Peru, Fiji and Russia.
  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’s MSCI classification.
  The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on This Week.

WEEK 50
DEC 7-DEC 12, 2015:
COUNTRY DATE RATE LATEST YTD 1 YR AGO MSCI
ICELAND 9-Dec 6.50% 25 125 5.25%
NAMIBIA 9-Dec 6.50% 0 50 6.00%
NEW ZEALAND 10-Dec 2.75% 0 -75 3.50% DM
SOUTH KOREA 10-Dec 1.50% 0 -50 2.00% EM
SERBIA 10-Dec 4.50% 0 -350 8.00% FM
SWITZERLAND 10-Dec -0.75% 0 -50 -0.25% DM
UNITED KINGDOM 10-Dec 0.50% 0 0.50% 0.50% DM
PERU 10-Dec 3.50% 0 25 3.50% EM
FIJI 10-Dec 0.50% 0 0 0.50%
RUSSIA 11-Dec 11.00% 0 -600 17.00% EM