* updated today
CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE
LATEST PREVIOUS *tenge/dollar 147.05 147.10
Cbank refinancing rate (pct) 7.00 7.50
MONEY
Monetary base(trln tenge) March 31 2.74 Feb 28 2.65
Cbank gold/forex reserves ($bln)
May 31 27.7 April 30 28.8
National fund ($bln) May 31 26.4 April 30 25.8
Money supply(M3) (trln tenge) March 31 7.76 Feb 28 7.65
QUARTERLY DATA
Jan-Mar'10 Jan-Dec'09 Jan-Sept'09 Jan-June'09
GDP (trln tenge) 3.882 15.888 11.203 6.446
GDP (pct) +7.1 +1.2 -2.2 -2.3
MONTHLY DATA
PERIOD CURRENT PREVIOUS YEAR-AGO
MONTH
Industrial output (pct) Jan-May +11.9 +11.8 -4.6
Inflation (pct) May +0.6 +0.7 +0.7
Unemployment (pct) Jan-March 6.2 6.6 6.9 *Oil production (mln T) May 6.5 6.5 6.2 *Copper output ('000 T) May 29.2 29.2 26.0 *Zinc output ('000 T) May 27.2 26.3 27.3 *Oil production (mln T) Jan-May 32.8 26.2 30.5 *Copper output ('000 T) Jan-May 140.2 111.0 132.8 *Zinc output ('000 T) Jan-May 132.0 104.8 140.7
Inflation (pct) Jan-May +4.2 +3.6 +3.5 *Trade balance ($bln) Jan-May +10.6 +8.1 +2.4 *Exports ($bln) Jan-May 18.3 13.5 10.8 *Imports ($bln) Jan-May 7.7 5.4 8.4
FORECASTS FOR 2010
GDP growth (pct) 7.0
Annual inflation (pct) 6.0-8.0
Budget deficit (bln tenge/pct GDP) 721.0/4.1
Budget revenues (bln tenge) 3.190
Budget spending (bln tenge) 3.911
Industrial output (pct) 3.3
Oil output (mln T) 80
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)* --
Unemployment (pct)* --
* - No data
ANNUAL COMPARISONS
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002
GDP +1.2 +3.2 +8.9 +10.7 +9.7 +9.6 +9.3 +9.8
Ind output (pct)
+1.7 +2.1 +4.5 7.0 +4.6 10.1 +8.8 +9.8
Inflation (pct)
+6.2 +9.5 +18.8 +8.6 +7.6 +6.7 +6.8 +6.6
Yr-end M3 (trln tenge)
7.39 6.27 4.61 3.72 2.07 1.64 1.00 0.77
Yr-end unemployment (pct)
6.6 6.7 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.8 9.3
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)
20.8 15.6 20.1 16.5 13.8 12.4 14.8 15.9
Oil output (mln T)
76.4 70.7 67.1 65.0 61.9 59.4 51.5 47.2
Copper output ('000 T)
368.1 398.0 405.8 427.5 418.8 445.2 432.5 453.0
Note: Oil output includes gas condensate
KAZAKHSTAN'S LONG-TERM RATINGS
S&P (May 8, 2009) BBB- stable outlook
Moody's (May 12, 2009) Baa2 stable outlook
Fitch (Dec 16, 2009) BBB- stable outlook
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