By CentralBankNews.info
This week – May 20 through May 26 – central banks from 9 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Hungary, Nigeria, Argentina, Paraguay, South Korea, South Africa, Ukraine and Colombia.
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 21 | ||||||
| MAY 20 – MAY 26, 2018: | ||||||
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO | MSCI |
| GHANA | 21-May | 18.00% | -200 | -200 | 22.50% | FM |
| HUNGARY | 22-May | 0.90% | 0 | 0 | 0.90% | EM |
| NIGERIA | 22-May | 14.00% | 0 | 0 | 14.00% | FM |
| ARGENTINA | 22-May | 40.00% | 0 | 1125 | 26.25% | FM |
| PARAGUAY | 22-May | 5.25% | 0 | 0 | 5.50% | |
| SOUTH KOREA | 24-May | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 1.25% | EM |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 24-May | 6.50% | -25 | -25 | 7.00% | EM |
| UKRAINE | 24-May | 17.00% | 0 | 250 | 12.50% | FM |
| COLOMBIA | 25-May | 4.25% | -25 | -50 | 6.25% | EM |