UPDATE-This week in monetary policy: Israel, Ghana, Turkey, Hungary, South Africa, Nigeria, Argentina, Paraguay, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Fiji, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago and Pakistan

January 27, 2017

By CentralBankNews.info

  (The following item has been updated with a monetary policy decision by the State Bank of Pakistan on Jan. 28. In addition, Central Bank News’ calendar with central banks’ policy meetings has been updated with a meeting by the central bank of Bangladesh on Sunday, Jan. 29.)

  This week (January 22 through January 28) central banks from 15 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Israel, Ghana, Turkey, Hungary, South Africa, Nigeria, Argentina, Paraguay, Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova, Fiji, Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago and Pakistan.
  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 4
JAN 22 – JAN 28, 2017:
COUNTRY DATE RATE LATEST YTD 1 YR AGO MSCI
ISRAEL 23-Jan 0.10% 0 0 0.10% DM
GHANA 23-Jan 25.50% 0 0 26.00%
TURKEY 24-Jan 8.00% 0 0 7.50% EM
HUNGARY 24-Jan 0.90% 0 0 1.35% EM
SOUTH AFRICA 24-Jan 7.00% 0 0 6.75% EM
NIGERIA 24-Jan 14.00% 0 0 11.00% FM
ARGENTINA 24-Jan 24.75% 0 0 36.75% FM
PARAGUAY 24-Jan 5.50% 0 0 6.00%
GEORGIA 25-Jan 6.75% 25 0 8.00%
UKRAINE 26-Jan 14.00% 0 0 22.00% FM
FIJI 26-Jan 0.50% 0 0 0.50%
MOLDOVA 27-Jan 9.00% 0 0 19.50%
COLOMBIA 27-Jan 7.50% -25 0 6.00% EM
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO 27-Jan 4.75% 0 0 4.75% EM
PAKISTAN 28-Jan 5.75% 0 0 6.00% FM