News about economy
Kazakhstan to reach Top 30 by 2025
Professor Robin Matthews of the Kingston Business School predicts that Kazakhstan will be among the Top 30 most developed countries by 2025.
25 December 2013
Mortgage loans are for rich people: Kazakhstan's central bank governor
Kairat Kelimbetov, Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, believes that only rich people should obtain mortgage loans.
25 December 2013
Nazarbayev calls for no politics in Eurasian Economic Union
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called to remove all the politics aspects from the Eurasian Economic Union agreements.
25 December 2013
Japan OKs record budget, sees deflation threat recede
Japan approved its biggest ever budget Tuesday, as an improving economy and a sales tax hike made room for more defence spending and the first step towards achieving a balanced budget.
25 December 2013
Minister of Industry opposes closure of economic zones in Kazakhstan
The Ministry of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan is trying to dissuade the Government from closing Special Economic Zones.
24 December 2013
Nazarbayev calls to make industrialization effort more focused
Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has instructed the Government to focus on several directions in the country’s industrialization.
23 December 2013
Urban countermagnets to be built around large Kazakhstan cities
Urban countermagnets will be built around Kazakhstan's large cities.
20 December 2013
Kazakhstan's GDP grows 6% in 11 months
Kazakhstan's GDP has grown 6% in real terms during the period from January to November 2013: Statistics Agency.
19 December 2013
Over 1 million sq m of housing commissioned in Astana this year
Over 1 million square meters of housing has been commissioned in Astana this year.
19 December 2013
Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine to storm global grain market together
Kazakhstan, Russia and Ukraine are intending to coordinate their actions at the global grain market: Vladimir Putin.
18 December 2013
Seven heritages of Kazakhstan: Nazarbayev
Kazakhstanis have gained seven precious heritages as a gift, said President Nursultan Nazarbayev at the meeting dedicated to the celebration of the Independence of Kazakhstan.
18 December 2013
Eurozone ministers make progress on Banking Union
Eurozone finance ministers said early Wednesday they had made progress on a new bank regulatory system, especially on the funding of a mechanism to close failing banks before they damage the economy.
18 December 2013
Kazakhstan to establish green economy investment fund
An investment fund for development of the green economy will be established in Kazakhstan.
17 December 2013
Kazakhstan to retain level of state support to agriculture after entering WTO
Kazakhstan’s accession into the WTO is not going to affect the level of state support to agriculture: Vice-Minister of Agriculture.
16 December 2013
Kazakhstan companies can find niches at African market
Kazakhstan businesses can find niches at African markets: Foreign Minister of Kazakhstan Yerlan Idrissov.
13 December 2013
Cheap money party over, analysts warn as fears rise of asset bubbles
Cash is so cheap these days that investors have been borrowing and ploughing them in assets from artwork to wine to bitcoins, betting that prices would rise.
13 December 2013
Netherlands poised to become Kazakhstan's food security partner
The Netherlands is planning to become Kazakhstan's partner in ensuring food security: Netherlands Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
11 December 2013
Bitcoin may threaten Kazakhstan's financial stability: Dalenov
Bitcoin currency may be a threat to the financial system of Kazakhstan: Kazakhstan Vice-Minister of Finance Ruslan Dalenov.
10 December 2013
US jobless rate drops to five-year low
The US jobless rate fell sharply to 7.0 percent in November, a five-year low, raising the odds Friday that the Federal Reserve could soon cut its huge stimulus program.
07 December 2013
No fear of 'Mandela crash' for Africa's largest economy
Economists slapped down speculation that Nelson Mandela's death could prompt an economic and financial slump in South Africa, but warned the gains he inspired remain fragile.
07 December 2013