May 23, 2018
(Following item is updated with Pakistan’s central bank, the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP), which will announce its monetary policy for the next two months on Friday, May 25.)
This week – May 20 through May 26 – central banks from 10 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Ghana, Hungary, Nigeria, Argentina, Paraguay, South Korea, South Africa, Ukraine, Pakistan 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.
The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on This Week.
| WEEK 21 | ||||||
| MAY 20 – MAY 26, 2018: | ||||||
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO | MSCI |
| GHANA | 21-May | 17.00% | -100 | -300 | 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 |
| PAKISTAN | 25-May | 6.00% | 0 | 25 | 5.75% | EM |
| COLOMBIA | 25-May | 4.25% | -25 | -50 | 6.25% | EM |
