1. The Monetary Council has set the dates for its scheduled meetings in 2018, with every second meeting of the month designated as its interest rate-setting meeting, as follows.

2018 H1

9 January (Tue) 30 January (Tue) 10 April (Tue) 24 April(Tue)
13 February (Tue) 27 February (Tue) 8 May(Tue) 22 May (Tue)
13 March (Tue) 27 March (Tue) 5 June (Tue) 19 June (Tue)


2018 H2

3 July (Tue) 24 July (Tue) 2 October (Tue) 16 October (Tue)
7 August (Tue) 21 August (Tue) 6 November (Tue) 20 November (Tue)
4 September (Tue) 18 September (Tue) 4 December (Tue) 18 December (Tue)


2. In 2018, the Monetary Council will discuss the final version of the Inflation Report on 27 March, 19 June, 18 September and 18 December.

3. The Monetary Council will publish abridged minutes of its scheduled rate-setting meetings in English and Hungarian on the Bank’s website on the following dates:

2018 H1

Dates of the meetings Dates of the minutes
19 December 2017 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 10 January 2018
30 January 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 14 February 2018
27 February 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 14 March 2018
27 March 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 11 April 2018
24 April 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 9 May 2018
22 May 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 6 June 2018
19 June 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 4 July 2018


2018 H2

Dates of the meetings Dates of the minutes
24 July 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 8 August 2018
21 August 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 5 September 2018
18 September 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 3 October 2018
16 October 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 7 November 2018
20 November 2018 (Tue) 2 pm on Wednesday, 5 December 2018
18 December 2018 (Tue) A decision on the dates of publication will be made in view of the calendar of Monetary Council meetings for 2019.