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 |