Nazarbayev explains reasons for switching to floating exchange rate
Nazarbayev has elaborated on the reasons behind Kazakhstan's decision to send its tenge floating.
Nazarbayev urges exporters to sell dollars at home
After the devaluation of the Kazakh national currency tenge, Kazakhstan president asked exporters to sell dollars at the domestic market.
Experts comment on Kazakhstan's decision to abandon control of tenge
Kazakh and foreign experts have commented on the recent decision of Kazakhstan to stop defending its tenge and send it floating.
Air Astana raises airline ticket price
Kazakhstan’s national airline Air Astana has raised ticket prices on international flights after Kazakhstan floated the tenge.
Making sense of Kazakhstan's decision to float tenge
Kazakhstan tenge plunged to its record low after the country floated it, renouncing the set corridor and adopting inflation targeting.
Nazarbayev instructs National Bank to compensate tenge deposits
President of Kazakhstan instructed the National Bank to initiate a mechanism of compensation for private fixed-term deposits in tenge.
Analysts on fair market exchange rate of USD to tenge
August 20 the country’s Central Bank renounced its policy of the set currency band, letting the national currency float freely.
PM Massimov on how Kazakhstan avoided default
From August 20 the National Bank and the Government have decided to implement a new monetary policy based on inflation targeting and to renounce the earlier practiced currency corridor.
Kazakhstan central bank on why fixed currency exchange rate had to be renounced
Inflation targeting is another type of monetary policy that rests on the inflation rate in the mid run, rather than on the currency exchange rate: Kairat Kelimbetov.
Causes of tenge-dollar exchange rate spike unclear
People in Kazakhstan wonder about the meaning of August 19 spike in tenge-dollar exchange rate, while the National Bank keeps silent.
New devaluation in Kazakhstan?
Kazakhstani banks raise dollar-tenge exchange rate. People fear another devaluation of the currency. The Kazakh National Bank is silent.
Loans in dollars are dangerous: head of Kazkom
Chairman of the Board of of Kazkommertsbank said that issuing and obtaining loans in dollars in Kazakhstan was dangerous.
Experts comment on Kazakh National Bank expanding tenge-dollar pegged corridor
Experts comment on the latest expansion of the tenge to dollar exchange rate pegged corridor in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan expands tenge to US dollar exchange rate corridor
Kazakhstan’s central bank has expanded the tenge to US dollar exchange rate corridor.
No drastic changes of the tenge exchange rate: Central Bank Governor
Earlier President Nazarbayev declared that no devaluation of the tenge would happen right after the presidential elections, as it had been predicted earlier by some analysts.
Nazarbayev dispels rumours of tenge devaluation
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has dispelled the rumours about a forthcoming devaluation of the tenge in Kazakhstan.
Kazakhstan rules out possibility of single EEU currency
Kazakhstan has once again ruled out the possibility of adopting a single currency for the Eurasian Economic Union (EEU), despite the propositions of the President of Russia Vladimir Putin.
Kazakh banks may benefit from tenge devaluation: experts
Experts share their views on the possible implications of devaluation of the tenge for Kazakhstani banks.
Kazakhs bore into microcredits amid shortage of tenge in banks
Kazakhstanis are now increasingly relying on services of microfinance organisations due to the shortage of tenge in banks.
Head of Kazakh bank tags tenge deficit artificial
Chairman of one of Kazakhstani banks says that the tenge deficit in Kazakhstan is created artificially.