By CentralBankNews.info
This week – May 6 through May 12 – central banks from 9 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Romania, Argentina, New Zealand, Malaysia, Philippines, Serbia, United Kingdom, Peru and Sri Lanka.
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 19 | | | | | | |
| MAY 6 – MAY 12, 2018: | | | | | |
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO | MSCI |
| ROMANIA | 7-May | 2.25% | 0 | 50 | 1.75% | FM |
| ARGENTINA | 8-May | 40.00% | 675 | 1,125 | 26.25% | FM |
| NEW ZEALAND | 10-May | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 1.75% | DM |
| MALAYSIA | 10-May | 3.25% | 0 | 25 | 3.00% | EM |
| PHILIPPINES | 10-May | 3.00% | 0 | 0 | 3.00% | EM |
| SERBIA | 10-May | 3.00% | -25 | -50 | 4.00% | FM |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 10-May | 0.50% | 0 | 0 | 0.25% | DM |
| PERU | 10-May | 2.75% | 0 | -50 | 4.00% | EM |
| SRI LANKA 1) | 11-May | 7.25% | 0 | 0 | 7.25% | FM |
| SRI LANKA 2) | 11-May | 8.50% | -25 | -25 | 8.75% | FM |
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| 1. Deposit rate | | | | | | |
| 2: Lending rate | | | | | |