Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan’s integration of alternative assets into its reserves management
Resource-rich Kazakhstan has embraced alternatives through the creation of a new fund to drive returns and improve diversification of its foreign reserves. Yeszhan Birtanov reports
Kazakh governor replaced for 'family reasons'
Long-serving central bank governor Grigory Marchenko steps down in favour of deputy prime minister Kairat Kelimbetov
Kazakh banks should go beyond Basel III, says central bank
Financial stability report calls for banks to boost capital levels above Basel III requirements; encourages largest banks to clean up balance sheets and lend more
National Bank of Kazakhstan’s SWF seeks new fund managers
Central bank issues tenders for two managers to oversee portfolios worth $50-150 million each
Central banks make “record” gold purchases in Q2
World Gold Council says central banks bought 254.2 tonnes of gold in the first half of 2012; Kazakhstan, the Philippines, Ukraine and Guatemala among the countries that added to reserves
Gold demand drops from high 2011 figures
Gold Demand Trends report from World Gold Council notes 5% lower demand in Q1 this year compared with 2011
IMF paper finds supply-side measures can help combat food price inflation
International Monetary Fund working paper suggests interest rate or administrative changes in emerging economies are unlikely to be as effective as supply-side initiatives
Kazakhstan puts faith in gold
Governor announces central bank will buy entire domestic gold bullion output until at least 2014
Kazakhstan reports large decline in credit card fraud
National Bank of Kazakhstan says there was a 25.4% decline in credit card fraud cases in 2010
Kazakhstan may convert some reserves into yuan: reports
Governor of the central bank says he expects the yuan to be “globally recognised as a reserve currency” this year; currency swap deal on the cards
Kazakhstan latest to step away from dollar
The National Bank of Kazakhstan, which has seen foreign currency reserves drop sharply, shifts towards euro on fears over the dollar’s weakness
High oil prices lift output of exporting economies
Bank of Finland research finds that for Iran, Kazakhstan, Venezuela, and Russia oil price positively affects output growth
PBOC - China Payment System Development Report
Payment services tended to be diversified and increasingly market-oriented in 2007, notes the latest China Payment System Development Report from the People's Bank of China.
National Bank of Kazakhstan - Annual Report 2007
In 2007, the National Bank of Kazakhstan gave priority to financial rather than price stability, says the central bank in its latest Annual Report.
Kazakhstan devalues tenge by 18%
The National Bank of Kazakhstan has allowed the tenge's value to fall by almost a fifth against the greenback by substantially devaluing the currency's dollar peg.
Kazakhstan turns again to Marchenko
Grigory Marchenko will serve a second spell as governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan.
Serbia's Jelasic apprehensive on intervention
Government intervention has had little success so far in taming market sentiment, said Radovan Jelasic, the governor of the National Bank of Serbia.
Kazakhstan raises rates by 200 basis points
The National Bank of Kazakhstan's rate-setting board voted on Friday to hike its benchmark official refinancing rate by two percentage points to 11%.
Sustaining Kazakhstan's macroeconomic success
According to this op-ed piece by Aasim Husain of the IMF, Kazakhstan's macroeconomic achievements are widely recognized and for good reason.
Kazakhstan gets 'bank' note spelling wrong
The Central Bank of Kazakhstan has misspelled the word "bank" on its new notes, officials said on Wednesday 18 October.
National Bank of Kazakhstan - Annual Report 2005
According to the National Bank of Kazakhstan's Annual Report 2005, real GDP growth in 2005 was 9.4 percent.
National Bank of Kazakhstan - Annual Report 2004
According to the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan's Annual Report 2004, investment activity on the part of domestic and foreign capital contributed a great deal to the country's economic growth.
EurAsEC central bankers meet in Belarus
The XIVth session of EurAsEC Council of the heads of central banks was held in Minsk on Monday 27 February.
Hunt on for 'radioactive dollars' in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan is currently hunting for dozens of "radioactive dollars" circulating in the country's financial system.