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INDICATORS - Kazakhstan - March 30
Mon, 30th Mar 2009 06:39
March 30 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's economic indicators based
on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government
institutions, the central bank and exchanges:
* updated today
CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE
LATEST PREVIOUS
*tenge/dollar 151.40 151.35
Cbank refinancing rate (pct) 9.50 10.00
MONEY
Monetary base(trln tenge) Feb 28 2.25 Jan 31 2.03
Cbank gold/forex reserves ($bln)
Feb 28 19.63 Jan 31 18.28
National fund ($bln) Feb 28 22.32 Jan 31 27.96
Money supply(M3) (trln tenge) Jan 31 5.97 Dec 31 6.27
QUARTERLY DATA
Jan-Dec'08 Jan-Sept'08 Jan-Dec'07
GDP (trln tenge) 15.907 11.614 12.567
GDP (pct) +3.2 +3.9 +8.9
MONTHLY DATA
PERIOD CURRENT PREVIOUS YEAR-AGO
MONTH
Industrial output (pct) Jan-Feb -3.2 -1.8 +3.4
Inflation (pct) Feb +0.8 +0.3 +0.8
Unemployment (pct) Dec 6.7 6.4 7.3
Oil production (mln T) Feb 5.7 6.3 5.6
Copper output ('000 T) Feb 25.4 30.2 27.7
Zinc output ('000 T) Feb 27.6 31.3 29.3
Oil production (mln T) Jan-Feb 10.0 --- 9.3
Copper output ('000 T) Jan-Feb 55.7 --- 57.4
Zinc output ('000 T) Jan-Feb 58.8 --- 60.3
Inflation (pct) Jan-Feb +1.1 +0.3 +1.9
Trade balance ($bln) Jan-Dec +33.29 --- +15.00
Exports ($bln) Jan-Dec 71.18 --- 47.76
Imports ($bln) Jan-Dec 37.89 --- 32.76
FORECASTS FOR 2009
GDP growth (pct) 1.0
Annual inflation (pct) 11.0
Budget deficit (bln tenge/pct GDP) 571.4/-3.4
Budget revenues (bln tenge) 2.861
Budget spending (bln tenge) 3.432
Industrial output (pct) 2.0
Oil output (mln T) 76-79
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)* n/a
Unemployment (pct) 8.0
ANNUAL COMPARISONS
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
GDP 3.2 +8.9 +10.7 +9.7 +9.6 +9.3 +9.8 +13.5
Ind output (pct)
+2.1 +4.5 7.0 +4.6 10.1 +8.8 +9.8 +13.5
Inflation (pct)
+9.5 +18.8 +8.6 +7.6 +6.7 +6.8
+6.6 +6.4
Yr-end M3 (trln tenge)
6.27 4.61 3.72 2.07 1.64 1.00 0.77 0.57
Yr end unemployment (pct)
6.7 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.8 9.3 10.4
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)
15.6 20.1 16.5 13.8 12.4 14.8 15.9 15.9
Oil output (mln T)
70.7 67.1 65.0 61.9 59.4 51.5 47.2 40.1
Copper output ('000 T)
398.0 405.8 427.5 418.8 445.2 432.5 453.0 421.8
Note: Oil output includes gas condensate
KAZAKHSTAN'S LONG-TERM RATINGS
S&P (April 30, 2008) BBB- negative outlook
Moody's (June 9, 2006) Baa2 stable outlook
Fitch (Nov 10, 2008) BBB- negative outlook
(State Statistics Agency website www.stat.kz,
Stock Exchange www.kase.kz/eng/
Central Bank www.nationalbank.kz/?switch=eng)
Keywords: KAZAKHSTAN INDICATORS/
(Almaty Newsroom +7 7272 508500, almaty.newsroom@reuters.com)
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on data provided by the State Statistics Agency, government
institutions, the central bank and exchanges:
* updated today
CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE
LATEST PREVIOUS
*tenge/dollar 151.40 151.35
Cbank refinancing rate (pct) 9.50 10.00
MONEY
Monetary base(trln tenge) Feb 28 2.25 Jan 31 2.03
Cbank gold/forex reserves ($bln)
Feb 28 19.63 Jan 31 18.28
National fund ($bln) Feb 28 22.32 Jan 31 27.96
Money supply(M3) (trln tenge) Jan 31 5.97 Dec 31 6.27
QUARTERLY DATA
Jan-Dec'08 Jan-Sept'08 Jan-Dec'07
GDP (trln tenge) 15.907 11.614 12.567
GDP (pct) +3.2 +3.9 +8.9
MONTHLY DATA
PERIOD CURRENT PREVIOUS YEAR-AGO
MONTH
Industrial output (pct) Jan-Feb -3.2 -1.8 +3.4
Inflation (pct) Feb +0.8 +0.3 +0.8
Unemployment (pct) Dec 6.7 6.4 7.3
Oil production (mln T) Feb 5.7 6.3 5.6
Copper output ('000 T) Feb 25.4 30.2 27.7
Zinc output ('000 T) Feb 27.6 31.3 29.3
Oil production (mln T) Jan-Feb 10.0 --- 9.3
Copper output ('000 T) Jan-Feb 55.7 --- 57.4
Zinc output ('000 T) Jan-Feb 58.8 --- 60.3
Inflation (pct) Jan-Feb +1.1 +0.3 +1.9
Trade balance ($bln) Jan-Dec +33.29 --- +15.00
Exports ($bln) Jan-Dec 71.18 --- 47.76
Imports ($bln) Jan-Dec 37.89 --- 32.76
FORECASTS FOR 2009
GDP growth (pct) 1.0
Annual inflation (pct) 11.0
Budget deficit (bln tenge/pct GDP) 571.4/-3.4
Budget revenues (bln tenge) 2.861
Budget spending (bln tenge) 3.432
Industrial output (pct) 2.0
Oil output (mln T) 76-79
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)* n/a
Unemployment (pct) 8.0
ANNUAL COMPARISONS
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
GDP 3.2 +8.9 +10.7 +9.7 +9.6 +9.3 +9.8 +13.5
Ind output (pct)
+2.1 +4.5 7.0 +4.6 10.1 +8.8 +9.8 +13.5
Inflation (pct)
+9.5 +18.8 +8.6 +7.6 +6.7 +6.8
Yr-end M3 (trln tenge)
6.27 4.61 3.72 2.07 1.64 1.00 0.77 0.57
Yr end unemployment (pct)
6.7 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.8 9.3 10.4
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)
15.6 20.1 16.5 13.8 12.4 14.8 15.9 15.9
Oil output (mln T)
70.7 67.1 65.0 61.9 59.4 51.5 47.2 40.1
Copper output ('000 T)
398.0 405.8 427.5 418.8 445.2 432.5 453.0 421.8
Note: Oil output includes gas condensate
KAZAKHSTAN'S LONG-TERM RATINGS
S&P (April 30, 2008) BBB- negative outlook
Moody's (June 9, 2006) Baa2 stable outlook
Fitch (Nov 10, 2008) BBB- negative outlook
(State Statistics Agency website www.stat.kz,
Stock Exchange www.kase.kz/eng/
Central Bank www.nationalbank.kz/?switch=eng)
Keywords: KAZAKHSTAN INDICATORS/
(Almaty Newsroom +7 7272 508500, almaty.newsroom@reuters.com)
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The copying, republication or redistribution of Reuters News Content, including by framing or similar means, is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of Thomson Reuters.
