Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Grigory Marchenko. Illustration: kursiv.kz
Macroeconomic situation in Kazakhstan is extremely beneficial-said during a traditional monthly press conference, the Chairman of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Grigory Marchenko, correspondent BakuToday. In his opinion, there is no sign of the second wave of the crisis. But the main thing, “country enough money to cope with the crisis period of 2-3 years,” said the head of the Bank of the first level.
In addition, the National Bank has established with February 14, 2012, official refinancing rate at 7 percent annual interest. In a statement the National Bank underlines that rate dropped to historically low levels. Also, according to the National Bank, changing the official refinancing rate occurred March 9, 2011, back then, it was increased from 7 to 7.5 per cent per annum.