Monday, January 19, 2015

This week in monetary policy: Turkey, Nigeria, Brazil, Japan, Canada, euro area, Eastern Caribbean and Pakistan

    This week (January 19 through January 24, 2015) central banks from eight countries or jurisdictions are scheduled decide on monetary policy: Turkey, Nigeria, Brazil, Japan, Canada, the euro area, the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and Pakistan.
    Following table includes the name of the country, its MSCI classification, the date the policy decision will be announced, the current policy rate, and the rate one year ago.

COUNTRY MSCI              DATE  CURRENT  RATE         1 YEAR AGO
TURKEY EM 20-Jan 8.25% 10.00%
NIGERIA FM 20-Jan 13.00% 12.00%
BRAZIL EM 21-Jan 11.75% 10.50%
JAPAN DM  21-Jan                  N/A                  N/A
CANADA DM  21-Jan 1.00% 1.00%
EURO AREA DM  22-Jan 0.05% 0.25%
EASTERN CARIBBEAN  23-Jan 6.50% 6.50%
PAKISTAN FM 24-Jan 9.50% 10.00%


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