National Bank of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan to sell online investment and collectible coins

Kazakhstan to sell online investment and collectible coins

In Kazakhstan, in 2021, a phased transition to online sales of investment and collectible coins from precious and base metals begins. The National Bank explained this step by a desire to protect citizens from coronavirus infection. At …

Kazakh National Bank improves 2019 economy growth forecast

Kazakh National Bank improves 2019 economy growth forecast

The National Bank of Kazakhstan forecasts the country's economic growth of 2.7% in 2019.  (2.6% in the previous forecast round), in the first half of 2020 – 2.7%. The main driver of economic growth will be the growth …

Kazakhstan's National Bank conducts currency intervention

Kazakhstan's National Bank conducts currency intervention

Kazakhstan’s National Bank decided to conduct currency interventions to prevent the strengthening of devaluation expectations and stabilize the domestic foreign exchange market. The press service of the bank said that in the …

Kazakh National Bank suspends Bank of Astana’s license

Kazakh National Bank suspends Bank of Astana’s license

Kazakhstan's National Bank suspended the license of Bank of Astana JSC for accepting individual deposits and opening individual bank accounts, the National Bank says in a press release. The restrictions will continue being …

 Kazakh National bank reduces base rate

Kazakh National bank reduces base rate

The National Bank of Kazakhstan decided to reduce the base rate from 9.75% to 9.5% with a +/- 1% corridor, the press-service of the financial controller said in a message .  The report says that annual inflation continues to …

Kazakh National Bank predicts tenge strengthening

Kazakh National Bank predicts tenge strengthening

There are no prerequisites at the moment for any significant fluctuations in the Tenge exchange rate, the Kazakh National Bank Chairman Daniyar Akishev said. Kazakhstan’s National Bank noted a high probability of …

National Bank of Kazakhstan lowers base rate by 2%

National Bank of Kazakhstan lowers base rate by 2%

Kazakhstan’s central bank cut its key interest rate for the first time since introducing it last year as policy makers look to curtail gains in the tenge and turn their focus to helping the economy at risk of its first contraction since …

National Bank of Kazakhstan increases key interest rate

National Bank of Kazakhstan increases key interest rate

Kazakhstan's National Bank has raised its key rate by one percentage point to 17%. Operations of constant access with a symmetric interest rate corridor of plus or minus two percentage points were also resumed. …

National Bank of Kazakhstan expects to reduce inflation in 2016

National Bank of Kazakhstan expects to reduce inflation in 2016

The National Bank of Kazakhstan expects to reduce inflation rate to 8% from 12% in the next year. "Despite the fact that in 2016 inflation will remain at a high level, we expect that in the fourth quarter of next year a significant …

Two vice chairmen of Kazakh National Bank replaced

Two vice chairmen of Kazakh National Bank replaced

The President of Kazakhstan, Nursultan Nazarbayev, has appointed two new vice chairmen of the National Bank of Kazakhstan. Alpysbay Akhmetov and Galymzhan Pirmatov were appointed the …

Nazarbayev asks to reduce inflation to 4%

Nazarbayev asks to reduce inflation to 4%

Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev instructed the National Bank of the Republic to reduce mid-term inflation to 4% per year. "Within the framework of inflation targeting, the National Bank should reduce the …