Kyrgyzstan

We have revised down our forecast for end-2012 Kyrgyz consumer price inflation to 6.2% year-on-year (y-o-y) from 8.3% previously. We currently estimate end-2011 growth in the consumer... 2012-01-24

We expect the current Prime Minister of Kyrgyzstan Almazbek Atambayev of the Social Democratic Party to win the presidential election this year. More important for the country and... 2011-09-26

We forecast Kyrgyzstan's economy to expand by 4.1% in 2011 and 5.2% in 2012, however, we note that given the recent run up in gold prices in the face of ongoing global uncertainty and... 2011-09-21

Kazakh Prime Minister Karim Masimov has stated that Kyrgyzstan should join the Commonwealth of Independent States' (CIS) Customs Union to simplify the border-crossing process for Kyrgyz... 2011-09-21

The organization for security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE) has lauded Kyrgyzstan for being the first former Soviet country to decriminalise libel. The amendment was approved by... 2011-07-25

Kyrgyzstan continues to face a number of challenges both internally and externally to its security situation. Inter-ethnic tensions and tense relations with its neighbours threaten... 2011-07-25

We continue to expect the fiscal account to experience a widening this year to 7.6% of GDP, from 6.1% of GDP in 2010. We forecast government expenditures to rise to KGS80.2bn as the... 2011-07-25