The first interest rate decision date in 2009. The Board of Governors will announce its decision on this date. 

The Monetary Bulletin will be published in a short web-version. Included will be the Bank’s report on economic and monetary developments and prospects

The publication schedule for Monetary Bulletin will change in 2009. The publication will appear in its customary form twice per year: at the beginning of May and the beginning of November. In between editions of the full-length Monetary Bulletin – in January and August – an updated forecast will be published on the Central Bank’s website together with the Bank’s report on economic and monetary developments and prospects. Publication of papers in Monetary Bulletin will also be discontinued. Instead, papers will appear in a special online publication as they are completed, and they will be compiled in printed form at the end of the year. The Bank’s fixed interest rate announcement dates for 2009 will thus be eight in number: four concurrent with the publication of Monetary Bulletin and four interspersed between publication dates.