Turkmenistan

BMI View: We forecast Turkmen real GDP growth to slow to 10.5% in 2013, from an estimated 11.1% in 2012 as a result of our Commodities and Oil & Gas teams' view that global... 2013-05-01

BMI View: The US and UN have both recently criticised the Turkmen government for its apparent lack of action in ensuring personal freedoms and protecting human rights. The regime has... 2013-04-30

BMI View: We have raised our forecast for end-2013 Turkmen consumer price inflation to 6.8%, from 6.3% previously. Stronger economic growth than previously expected will likely add... 2013-02-25

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov has lifted protection laws on many of the country’s newspapers to comply with the country’s first ever media law. Enacted... 2013-02-25

Turkmen President Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov signed a new amnesty decree on December 12, only two months after amnesty for 2,000 prisoners was signed back on October 27. The most recent... 2012-12-18

We forecast real GDP growth in Turkmenistan to ease to 8.1% in 2013 from an estimated 8.9% in 2012. This is predicated on our Commodities team's view that global energy and commodity... 2012-12-18

Turkmenistan's shifting rhetoric towards promoting the TAPI pipeline project (aimed at supplying South Asia with gas) over the Trans-Caspian pipeline (which would deliver gas to Europe)... 2012-12-14