* updated today
CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE
LATEST PREVIOUS
*tenge/dollar 147.86 147.90
Cbank refinancing rate (pct) 7.00 7.50
MONEY
Monetary base(trln tenge) Dec 31 2.45 Nov 30 2.50 *Cbank gold/forex reserves ($bln)
Jan 31 25.8 Dec 31 22.7 *National fund ($bln) Jan 31 24.6 Dec 31 24.4
Money supply(M3) (trln tenge) Dec 31 7.39 Nov 30 7.10
QUARTERLY DATA
Jan-Sept'09 Jan-June'09 Jan-Mar'08 Jan-Dec'08
GDP (trln tenge) 11.203 6.446 3.046 15.907
GDP (pct) -2.2 -2.3 -2.2 +3.2
MONTHLY DATA
PERIOD CURRENT PREVIOUS YEAR-AGO
MONTH
Industrial output (pct) Jan-Dec +1.7 +0.7 +2.1
Inflation (pct) Jan +1.4 +0.6 +0.3
Unemployment (pct) Sept 6.3 --- 6.4
Oil production (mln T) Nov 6.6 6.8 5.9
Copper output ('000 T) Nov 37.5 37.6 36.1
Zinc output ('000 T) Nov 26.3 27.2 30.4
Oil production (mln T) Jan-Nov 69.6 63.0 64.3
Copper output ('000 T) Jan-Nov 329.9 292.5 366.7
Zinc output ('000 T) Jan-Nov 301.7 275.4 334.4
Inflation (pct) Jan-Dec +6.2 +5.1 +9.5
Trade balance ($bln) Jan-Oct +10.7 +8.8 +31.1
Exports ($bln) Jan-Oct 33.7 29.4 62.4
Imports ($bln) Jan-Oct 22.9 20.5 31.3
FORECASTS FOR 2009
GDP growth (pct)* 1.1
Annual inflation (pct)* 6.2
Budget deficit (bln tenge/pct GDP) 573.6/-3.4
Budget revenues (bln tenge) 1.529
Budget spending (bln tenge) 3.411
Industrial output (pct) 1.0
Oil output (mln T) 75
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight) 20.0
Unemployment (pct) 8.0
* - Actual data
ANNUAL COMPARISONS
2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001
GDP +3.2 +8.9 +10.7 +9.7 +9.6 +9.3 +9.8 +13.5
Ind output (pct)
+2.1 +4.5 7.0 +4.6 10.1 +8.8 +9.8 +13.5
Inflation (pct)
+9.5 +18.8 +8.6 +7.6 +6.7 +6.8 +6.6 +6.4
Yr-end M3 (trln tenge)
6.27 4.61 3.72 2.07 1.64 1.00 0.77 0.57
Yr end unemployment (pct)
6.7 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4 8.8 9.3 10.4
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)
15.6 20.1 16.5 13.8 12.4 14.8 15.9 15.9
Oil output (mln T)
70.7 67.1 65.0 61.9 59.4 51.5 47.2 40.1
Copper output ('000 T)
398.0 405.8 427.5 418.8 445.2 432.5 453.0 421.8
Note: Oil output includes gas condensate
KAZAKHSTAN'S LONG-TERM RATINGS
S&P (April 30, 2008) BBB- negative outlook
Moody's (June 9, 2006) Baa2 stable outlook
Fitch (Nov 10, 2008) BBB- negative outlook
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