By CentralBankNews.info
This week – March 17 through March 23 – central banks from 14 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Morocco, Thailand, Iceland, United States, Brazil, Indonesia, Philippines, Norway, Switzerland, Taiwan, United Kingdom, Russia, Paraguay 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, and the rate one year ago.
The table is updated when the latest decisions are announced and can always accessed by clicking on
This Week.
| WEEK 12 | | | | | |
| MAR 17 – MAR 23, 2019: | | | |
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO |
| MOROCCO | 19-Mar | 2.25% | 0 | 0 | 2.25% |
| THAILAND | 20-Mar | 1.75% | 0 | 0 | 1.50% |
| ICELAND | 20-Mar | 4.50% | 0 | 0 | 4.25% |
| UNITED STATES | 20-Mar | 2.50% | 0 | 0 | 1.75% |
| BRAZIL | 20-Mar | 6.50% | 0 | 0 | 6.50% |
| INDONESIA | 21-Mar | 6.00% | 0 | 0 | 4.25% |
| PHILIPPINES | 21-Mar | 4.75% | 0 | 0 | 3.00% |
| NORWAY | 21-Mar | 0.75% | 0 | 0 | 0.50% |
| SWITZERLAND | 21-Mar | -0.75% | 0 | 0 | -0.75% |
| TAIWAN | 21-Mar | 1.375% | 0 | 0 | 1.375% |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 21-Mar | 0.75% | 0 | 0 | 0.50% |
| RUSSIA | 22-Mar | 7.75% | 0 | 0 | 7.25% |
| PARAGUAY | 22-Mar | 5.00% | -25 | -25 | 5.25% |
| COLOMBIA | 22-Mar | 4.25% | 0 | 0 | 4.50% |