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Devaluation in Kazakhstan: How black was Black Tuesday? Kazakhstan's central bank released the tenge into a 'managed free float ín February 2011 and this has brought Kazakhstani depositors to loosing 20% of their savings in dollar equivalent.

13 February 2014 16:02

Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor calls commoners to count their blessings I believe Kazakhstanis appreciate the policy pursued by the country’s authorities: many Kazakhstanis got a job, many have started their own businesses; it’s just the start of the way: Kairat Kelimbetov.

12 February 2014 16:25

Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on immediacy of the decision to devalue the national currency by 20% Starting from February 11, 2014 Kazakhstan’s Central Bank decided to stop supporting the tenge exchange rate, decrease currency interventions and stop interference with shaping the tenge exchange rate.

12 February 2014 16:03

Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor glad over his growing publicity in the wake of the 20% currency devaluation My popularity ratings in my own family had never been so high: Kairat Kelimbetov.

12 February 2014 15:42

Tenge meltdown disrupts e-Gov and online shopping in Kazakhstan Today's devaluation of tenge in Kazakhstan has affected the work of the e-government website eGov.kz.

11 February 2014 21:29

Mayor of Almaty orders to keep prices down The Akim (Mayor) of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yesimov has instructed the city authorities to keep prices down amid the devaluation of tenge.

11 February 2014 20:46

Dollar explodes in Kazakhstan: 200 tenge per dollar Kazakhstan banks are setting their exchange rates ski-high, selling one dollar for more than 200 tenge.

11 February 2014 20:31

The new tenge exchange rate is beneficial to the country’s economy: Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor The spread in currency exchange transactions should be no more than 2 tenge per each sold or bought US Dollar, Kairat Kelimbetov said.

11 February 2014 16:39

I only learned about tenge devaluation last night: Central Bank Governor There can’t have been any leaks as we only made the decision yesterday after the Stock Exchange trades were over: Kairat Kelimbetov.

11 February 2014 16:05

Currency devaluation in Kazakhstan The new exchange rate is expected at 185 tenge for 1USD (up from 155 tenge for 1 USD).

11 February 2014 11:56

Kazakhstan’s Central Bank Governor on Bitcoin Kazakhstan’s Finance Ministry views Bitcoin as a threat to the country’s banks.

04 February 2014 17:54

Kazakhstan Central Bank Governor on consumer loan rates and NPLs Kazakhstan Central Bank is negotiating with second-tier banks to reduce the NPLs figure down to 15% by January 1, 2015 from the current 35.8%.

03 February 2014 23:02

Kazakhstan banks to start transition to Basel III in 2015 Kazakhstan banks will start transitioning to Basel III standards starting from January 2015.

05 January 2014 11:51

Kazakhstan central bank to solve large denomination currencies exchange problem The National Bank of Kazakhstan is going to solve the problem of exchange of large denominations.

04 January 2014 15:49

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 18:18

Kazakhstan central bank suspends BTA Bank's currency exchange license Kazakhstan National Bank has suspended the license of Kazakhstan-based BTA Bank for exchanging transactions of foreign currency cash.

23 December 2013 13:26

Central Bank Governor on expediency of the new 20,000-tenge note Prices can go up pushed by high expectations of the currency devaluation. Let’s not hurry: Kairat Kelimbetov.

19 December 2013 08:31

National Bank issues new 1000 tenge A new 1000 tenge bill was issued and put into circulation by the National Bank of Kazakhstan on December 12, 2013.

17 December 2013 15:49

Different photo of 20-thousand tenge bill Tengrinews has got hold of another photo of the new 20-thousand tenge bill. It is different from the one demonstrated earlier, but matches the description of the source in minting industry.

04 December 2013 17:13

Kazakhstan’s President meets Central Bank Governor The country’s international reserves, including assets of the National Oil Fund [accumulating windfall oil revenues], increased by 7.4% since the start of the year, reaching $92.4 billion: Central Bank Governor.

21 November 2013 16:18

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