By CentralBankNews.info
This week – May 13 through May 19 – central banks from 11 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Armenia, Iceland, Thailand, Poland, Zambia, Brazil, Jamaica, Indonesia, Egypt, Mexico and Mauritius.
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.
| WEEK 20 | ||||||
| MAY 13 – MAY 19, 2018: | ||||||
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO | MSCI |
| ARMENIA | 15-May | 6.00% | 0 | 0 | 6.00% | |
| ICELAND | 16-May | 4.25% | 0 | 0 | 4.75% | |
| THAILAND | 16-May | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 1.50% | EM |
| POLAND | 16-May | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 1.50% | EM |
| ZAMBIA | 16-May | 9.75% | -50 | -50 | 12.50% | |
| BRAZIL | 16-May | 6.50% | -25 | -50 | 10.25% | EM |
| JAMAICA | 16-May | 2.75% | -25 | -50 | 4.75% | |
| INDONESIA | 17-May | 4.25% | 0 | 0 | 4.75% | EM |
| EGYPT | 17-May | 16.75% | -100 | -200 | 16.75% | EM |
| MEXICO | 17-May | 7.50% | 0 | 25 | 6.75% | EM |
| MAURITIUS | 18-May | 3.50% | 0 | 0 | 4.00% | FM |