This week in monetary policy: China, Paraguay, Hungary, Georgia, Angola, Namibia, Chile, Indonesia, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, ECB, Azerbaijan & Russia

October 21, 2019

By CentralBankNews.info

  This week – October 20 through October 26 – central banks from 15 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: China, Paraguay, Hungary, Georgia, Angola, Namibia, Chile, Indonesia, Sweden, Norway, Turkey, Ukraine, euro area, Azerbaijan and Russia.
  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 43
OCT 20 – OCT  26, 2019:
CHINA (LPR) 21-Oct 4.20% -5 -11 4.31% EM
PARAGUAY 21-Oct 4.00% -25 -125 5.25%
HUNGARY 22-Oct 0.90% 0 0 0.90% EM
GEORGIA 23-Oct 7.50% 50 50 7.00%
ANGOLA 1) 23-Oct 15.50% 0 -100 16.50%
NAMIBIA 23-Oct 6.50% -25 -25 6.75%
CHILE 23-Oct 2.00% -50 -75 2.75% EM
INDONESIA 24-Oct 5.25% -25 -75 5.75% EM
SWEDEN 24-Oct -0.25% 0 0 -0.50% DM
NORWAY 24-Oct 1.50% 25 75 0.75% DM
TURKEY 24-Oct 16.50% -325 -750 24.00% EM
UKRAINE 24-Oct 16.50% -50 -150 18.00% FM
EURO AREA 24-Oct 0.00% 0 0 0.00% DM
AZERBAIJAN 25-Oct 8.00% -25 -175 9.75%
RUSSIA 25-Oct 7.00% -25 -75 7.50% EM
1) extraordinary MPC sesssion