This week in monetary policy: Sri Lanka, Israel, Ghana, Angola, Hungary, Nigeria, USA, New Zealand, South Africa, Ukraine, Egypt, Moldova, Fiji, Japan, Russia, Colombia and Trinidad & Tobago

    This week (January 25 through January 30) central banks from 17 countries or jurisdictions are scheduled to decide on monetary policy: Sri Lanka, Israel, Ghana, Angola, Hungary, Nigeria, United States, New Zealand, South Africa, Ukraine, Egypt, Moldova, Fiji, Japan, Russia, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago.
    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 4
JAN 25-JAN 30, 2016:
COUNTRY	DATE	RATE	LATEST	YTD	1 YR AGO	MSCI
SRI LANKA	25-Jan	6.00%	0	0	6.50%	FM
ISRAEL	25-Jan	0.10%	0	0	0.25%	DM
GHANA	25-Jan	26.00%	100	0	21.00%
ANGOLA	25-Jan	11.00%	0	0	9.00%
HUNGARY	26-Jan	1.35%	0	0	2.10%	EM
NIGERIA	26-Jan	11.00%	-200	0	13.00%	FM
UNITED STATES	27-Jan	0.50%	25	0	0.25%	DM
NEW ZEALAND	28-Jan	2.50%	-25	0	3.50%	DM
SOUTH AFRICA	28-Jan	6.25%	25	0	5.75%	EM
UKRAINE	28-Jan	22.00%	0	0	14.00%	FM
EGYPT	28-Jan	9.25%	50	0	8.75%	EM
MOLDOVA	28-Jan	19.50%	0	0	8.50%
FIJI	28-Jan	0.50%	0	0	0.50%
JAPAN	29-Jan	N/A	0	0	N/A	DM
RUSSIA	29-Jan	11.00%	0	0	15.00%	EM
COLOMBIA	29-Jan	5.75%	25	0	4.50%	EM
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO	29-Jan	4.75%	25	0	3.50%

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