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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18 SINGAPORE - Singapore Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat delivers the country's budget for the year - 0730 GMT.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19
SYDNEY - Speech by Melissa Hope, head of Note Issue Department, at a breakfast event hosted by the Sutherland Shire Business Chamber, Sydney – 2100 GMT. WARSAW - National Bank of Poland holds monetary policy council meeting (no interest rate announcement). SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the minutes of monetary policy meeting – 0030 GMT.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South Africa Finance Minister Tito Mboweni to present 2019 budget to parliament - 1200 GMT
KINGSTON - Bank of Jamaica holds interest rate announcement and monetary policy report. JAKARTA - Indonesia Central Bank holds board of governors' meeting (to Feb. 21).
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21
SYDNEY - Appearance by Philip Lowe, Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) Governor, before the House of Representatives' Standing Committee on Economics, Sydney - 2230 GMT. MUMBAI, India - The Reserve Bank of India will release the minutes of the six-member monetary policy committee's surprise decision to lower rates in February. MEXICO CITY - Mexico Central Bank issues the minutes of its February monetary policy meeting.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 COLOMBO - Central Bank of Sri Lanka announces monetary policy report. BOGOTA - Bank of Colombia holds board of directors' meeting.
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25
BISHKEK - National Bank of the Kyrgyzstan publishes the monetary policy report for Q4 2018.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26
MANAMA - Bahrain Finance Minister Shaikh Salman bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Bahrain Central Bank Governor Rasheed Mohammed Al Maraj, senior bankers and CEOs of major corporates and banks will participate at the Euromoney GCC Financial Forum 2019 (to Feb. 27).
GABORONE - Bank of Botswana holds monetary policy committee meeting.
BUDAPEST - The National Bank of Hungary to decide on interest rates and key parameters of its monetary policy framework - 1300 GMT.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 28
SEOUL - Bank of Korea holds monetary policy meeting to announce interest rates.
MONDAY, MARCH 4 ASTANA - Kazakhstan Central Bank to announce interest rate decision. TUESDAY, MARCH 5 SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia holds monetary policy board meeting - 0330 GMT.
KUALA LUMPUR - Central Bank of Malaysia announces interest rate decision. WARSAW - National Bank of Poland holds monetary policy council meeting (to Mar. 6).
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6
Queensland, Australia - Speech by John Simon, RBA head of Economic Research Department, at the Economic Society of Australia (QLD) and Griffith University Symposium, Southbank, QLD – 2350 GMT. ANKARA - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey holds monetary policy meeting. ZAGREB - Croatia National Bank holds monetary policy meeting. THURSDAY, MARCH 7 BELGRADE - National Bank of Serbia to unveil interest rate decision.
TUESDAY, MARCH 12
SYDNEY - Speech by Guy Debelle, RBA deputy governor, at a public forum hosted by the Centre for Policy Development – 0630 GMT. BUDAPEST - The National Bank of Hungary to hold a non-rate setting meeting - 1300 GMT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 BUDAPEST - Hungarian Central Bank to publish the minutes of its February 2019 rate-setting meeting - 1300 GMT.
ANKARA - Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey publishes summary of its monetary policy committee meeting. TBILISI - National Bank of Georgia holds monetary policy committee meeting. THURSDAY, MARCH 14
SUVA - Reserve Bank of Fiji holds board meets to announce interest rates. KIEV - National Bank of Ukraine holds monetary policy meeting. CHISINAU - National Bank of Moldova announces interest rate decision. TUESDAY, MARCH 19
SYDNEY - Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) releases the minutes of February monetary policy meeting – 0030 GMT.
RABAT - Bank of Morocco holds monetary policy meeting. BRASILIA - Central Bank of Brazil holds monetary policy committee meeting (to Mar. 20). WARSAW - National Bank of Poland holds monetary policy council meeting (no interest rate announcement).
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 20
REYKJAVIK - Bank of Iceland releases monetary policy statements. JAKARTA - Indonesia Central Bank holds board of governors meeting (to Mar. 21). ACCRA - Central Bank of Ghana holds monetary policy committee meeting. BANGKOK - Bank of Thailand monetary policy committee meeting. THURSDAY, MARCH 21
MANILA - Philippines Central Bank holds monetary policy meeting. FRIDAY, MARCH 22
MOSCOW - Central Bank of Russia holds board of directors' monetary policy meeting followed by press conference. MONDAY, MARCH 25
KIEV - National Bank of Ukraine publishes summary of the discussion on policy rates at the monetary policy committee. ABUJA - Central Bank of Nigeria holds monetary policy meeting (to Mar. 26). BISHKEK - National Bank of the Kyrgystan holds board meetings on monetary policy rate. ACCRA - Central Bank of Ghana announces interest rate decision.
TUESDAY, MARCH 26
BUDAPEST - Hungarian Central Bank to hold its rate-setting meeting. BRATISLAVA - ECB Governing Council member Jozef Makuch holds news conference - 1200 GMT. CAPE TOWN - South Africa Reserve Bank starts its three-day monetary policy committee meeting (to Mar. 28). WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27
KINGSTON - Bank of Jamaica holds interest rate announcement.
THURSDAY, MARCH 28 MEXICO CITY - Central Bank of Mexico to publish Monetary policy statement.
CAIRO - Central Bank of Egypt holds monetary policy committee meeting. PRAGUE - Czech National Bank holds monetary policy meeting. Statement and presentation will be published. FRIDAY, MARCH 29
BOGOTA - Bank of Colombia holds board of directors' meeting. SANTIAGO - Central Bank of Chile holds monetary policy meeting. ---------------------------------------------------------------
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