By CentralBankNews.info
This week – December 16 through December 22 – central banks from 16 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Hungary, Morocco, Thailand, Albania, Belarus, United States of America, Japan, Indonesia, Sweden, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Mexico, Paraguay, Jamaica, Taiwan 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 51 | | | | | |
| DEC 16 – DEC 22, 2018: | | | |
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO |
| HUNGARY | 18-Dec | 0.90% | 0 | 0 | 0.90% |
| MOROCCO | 18-Dec | 2.25% | 0 | 0 | 2.25% |
| THAILAND | 19-Dec | 1.50% | 0 | 0 | 1.50% |
| ALBANIA | 19-Dec | 1.00% | 0 | -25 | 1.25% |
| BELARUS | 19-Dec | 10.00% | 0 | -100 | 11.00% |
| UNITED STATES | 19-Dec | 2.25% | 0 | 75 | 1.50% |
| JAPAN | 20-Dec | -0.10% | 0 | 0 | -0.10% |
| INDONESIA | 20-Dec | 6.00% | 25 | 175 | 4.25% |
| SWEDEN | 20-Dec | -0.50% | 0 | 0 | -0.50% |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 20-Dec | 1.75% | 25 | 125 | 0.50% |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 20-Dec | 0.75% | 0 | 25 | 0.50% |
| MEXICO | 20-Dec | 8.00% | 25 | 75 | 7.25% |
| PARAGUAY | 20-Dec | 5.25% | 0 | 0 | 5.25% |
| JAMAICA | 20-Dec | 2.00% | 0 | -125 | 3.25% |
| TAIWAN | 21-Dec | 1.375% | 0 | 0 | 1.375% |
| COLOMBIA | 21-Dec | 4.25% | 0 | -50 | 4.75% |