August 20, 2017
This week (August 20 through August 26) central banks from 8 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Kazakhstan, Indonesia, Hungary, Botswana, Argentina, Iceland, Paraguay and Malawi.
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 34 | ||||||
| AUG 20 – AUG 26, 2017: | ||||||
| COUNTRY | DATE | RATE | LATEST | YTD | 1 YR AGO | MSCI |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 21-Aug | 10.50% | 0 | -150 | 13.00% | FM |
| INDONESIA | 22-Aug | 4.75% | 0 | 0 | 5.25% | EM |
| HUNGARY | 22-Aug | 0.90% | 0 | 0 | 0.90% | EM |
| BOTSWANA | 22-Aug | 5.50% | 0 | 0 | 5.50% | |
| ARGENTINA | 22-Aug | 26.25% | 0 | 150 | 28.25% | FM |
| ICELAND | 23-Aug | 4.40% | -25 | -50 | 5.25% | |
| PARAGUAY | 23-Aug | 5.50% | 0 | 0 | 5.50% | |
| MALAWI | 24-Aug | 18.00% | -400 | -800 | 27.00% | |
