Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan's economic growth will slow in 2008 as a result of deteriorating credit conditions and a sharp decline in credit growth. This will weigh on the performance of some of... 2007-11-14

The increase in global investor risk aversion appears to have rippled through to Kazakhstan, with a US$400m loan to Halyk Bank cut to US$300m, amid heightened volatility on international... 2007-09-27

Our new business environment (BE) ratings reaffirm our view that convergence remains the main factor underpinning robust scores in central and south-eastern Europe with the level... 2007-09-26

Kazakhstan's bid for the rotating chairmanship of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) for 2009 is overshadowed by constitutional amendments, which increase... 2007-05-31

Since mid-May the tenge has broken through its short-term appreciating trend channel, stopping just short of BMI's year-end target of KZT118.00/US$, and is now steering towards key... 2007-05-31

BMI's new political risk ratings are an instructive overview of regional stability and power dynamics. Our structural ratings reflect threats to political stability, while our... 2007-05-31

On May 22, Kazakhstan's president Nursultan Nazarbayev signed the constitutional amendments, which remove the limits on the number of terms he can serve, potentially providing him... 2007-05-23

Kazakh real GDP growth was an impressive 10.6% in 2006, up from a 9.7% rise in 2005. Growth rose on the back of increased foreign capital inflows, higher consumer demand and rising... 2007-04-02

Kazakhstan's government announced its plans to develop a Green Oil Programme, which would require oil companies to meet international environmental standards.

Following the resignation of Danial Akhmetov as prime minister, former foreign minister Kasymzhomart Tokayev has become head of government. We expect that there will be only minimal... 2007-02-05