This week in monetary policy: Paraguay, Hungary, Nigeria, Georgia, Kenya, Fiji, Turkey, Tajikistan, ECB, Russia, Azerbaijan, Angola, Colombia & Eastern Caribbean

July 22, 2019

By CentralBankNews.info

  This week – July 22 through July 27 – central banks from 14 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Paraguay, Hungary, Nigeria, Georgia, Kenya, Fiji, Turkey, Tajikistan, euro area, Russia, Azerbaijan, Angola, Colombia and the Eastern Caribbean.
   The central banks of Ghana and Uzbekistan had been scheduled to release their policy decisions today, July 22, but announced the decisions to maintain rates last week.
  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 30
JUL 22 – JUL 27, 2019:
GHANA 1) 19-Jul 16.00% 0 -100 17.00% FM
UZBEKISTAN 1) 20-Jul 16.00% 0 0 14.00%
PARAGUAY 22-Jul 4.75% 0 -50 5.25%
HUNGARY 23-Jul 0.90% 0 0 0.90% EM
NIGERIA 23-Jul 13.50% 0 -50 14.00% FM
GEORGIA 24-Jul 6.50% 0 -50 7.00%
KENYA 24-Jul 9.00% 0 0 9.00% FM
FIJI 25-Jul 0.50% 0 0 0.50%
TURKEY 25-Jul 24.00% 0 0 17.75% EM
TAJIKISTAN 25-Jul 13.25% -150 -75 14.00%
EURO AREA 25-Jul 0.00% 0 0 0.00% DM
RUSSIA 26-Jul 7.50% -25 -25 7.25% EM
AZERBAIJAN 26-Jul 8.50% -25 -125 10.00%
ANGOLA 26-Jul 15.50% -25 -100 16.50%
COLOMBIA 26-Jul 4.25% 0 0 4.25% EM
EASTERN CARIBBEAN 26-Jul 6.50% 0 0 6.50%
1) RESCHEDULED