June 26 (Reuters) - Central bankers in six east European nations are holding
meetings this week to discuss monetary policy.
The following...
...table outlines the dates, market forecasts and decisions so
far taken on interest rates at the meetings, and lists recent Reuters news
reports on monetary policy in the region.
COUNTRY DECISION DATE DECISION FCAST PREVIOUS RATE
Hungary June 25 25 bps cut no change 8.00 pct
Romania June 25 25 bps cut 25 bps cut 7.25 pct
Slovakia June 26 N/A no change 4.25 pct
Poland June 26-27 N/A no change 4.25 pct
Czech Rep June 28 N/A no change 2.75 pct
Serbia June 28 N/A no change 9.50 pct
RECENT STORIES ON CENTRAL EUROPEAN RATES
Hungary
Hungary's Cbank cuts rates by 25bp in surprise move [ID:nL25340355]
INSTANT VIEW 5-Hungary cbank cuts base rate by 25 bps [ID:nL25364960]
Romania
Romania cbank cuts rates by 25 points to 7 pct [ID:nL22111362]
TEXT-Romanian c.bank statement after rate cut [ID:nL25882895]
Romanian leu shrugs off c.bank rate cut [ID:nL26260180]
Slovakia
Slovak cbank seen holding in June, eyes on ECB, prices [ID:nL19742935]
Slovak interest rate forecasts for 2007 [ID:nL19437316]
Poland
Polish c.bank seen holding rates in June, July hike [ID:nL22827747]
Polish cbanker says rising loans may threaten low CPI [ID:nL18443678]
Six MPC members supported Poland's April rate hike [ID:nL22153653]
Polish MPC voted against hike in May, eyes labour mkt [ID:nL21755749]
Czech Republic
Czech c.bank seen pausing in June, hiking in July [ID:nL22628428]
Czech interest rate forecasts through next 12 months [ID:nL22263839]
Two members to miss June 28 Czech cbank meeting [ID:nL20421102]
Czech cbank vice-gov says next hike may come soon [ID:nL18109004]
Serbia
Serb rates seen on hold on June 28, cut not ruled out [ID:nL22556692]
Keywords: EAST RATES