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The sharp fall in oil prices, the ongoing global financial crisis and the exchange rate devaluation put
pressure on Kazakhstan’s external finances and its banking system. The authorities’ response to the
deteriorated situation risk having an adverse impact on the strong public finances.
important your attention is drawn to the statement on the back cover of this report which affects your rights.
SEB Merchant Banking Country Risk Analysis February 19, 2009
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How to read the chart? Resilience
Key ratios 2009 Moving out from the center 12
10
reduces risk.
Population (mill.) 15.6 8
Inflation 7.5%
Curr.Acc. Balance/GDP -8.0%
Absence of event
Reserves/imports (months) 12.1 risk
Information
Key data: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
GDP (bill.US$) 43.2 57.1 81.0 103.4 140.8 124.5 139.8 158.6
GDP/capita (US$) 2856 3755 5290 6707 9063 7959 8874 9993
GDP (change) 9.4% 9.8% 10.6% 9.5% 3.8% 2.5% 4.0% 7.0%
Investments/GDP 29% 38% 50% 58% 68% 79% 88% 94%
Budget balance/GDP 1.9% 5.1% 7.4% 5.0% -3.0% -4.0% -3.0% -3.5%
Govt debt/GDP 10% 7% 6% 5% 4% 6% 8% 8%
CPI inflation (%) 6.8% 7.5% 8.6% 10.8% 17.1% 7.5% 8.0% 6.0%
Money demand (%) 34% 68% 26% 78% 26%
Stock prices (%change)
Interest rates 5.9% 3.3% 3.3% 3.3% 7.0% 7.0% 7.0% 7.0%
Exch. Rate ($) 136.04 132.88 126.09 122.55 120.40 150.00 150.00 150.00
Trade/GDP (%) 96% 98% 92% 93% 85% 80% 82% 84%
Oil price (Brent) $38 $54 $65 $73 $98 $45 $60 $74
Billions US $
Export of goods 22.7 30.5 41.5 51.9 70.3 48.6 60.3 74.4
Imports of goods 18.9 25.5 32.9 44.8 49.5 51.4 54.9 59.3
Other: -3.4 -6.1 -10.6 -14.4 -9.9 -16.6 -17.2 -17.8
Current account 0.3 -1.1 -2.0 -7.3 10.9 -19.4 -11.8 -2.7
(% of GDP) 0.8% -1.8% -2.5% -7.1% 7.8% -8.0% -8.4% -1.7%
FDI 2.1 4.2 2.0 6.3 10.2 7.8 5.0 5.4
Loan repayments -2.7 -4.6 -7.8 -11.6 -11.6 -13.6 -16.0 -14.0
Net other capital flows 4.5 -0.9 19.5 10.7 -6.1 26.2 23.8 12.6
Balance of payments 4.2 -2.4 11.7 -2.0 3.4 1.0 1.1 1.2
Reserves 8.5 6.1 17.7 15.8 19.2 20.2 21.2 22.5
Total debt 32.7 43.4 74.0 96.7 88.0 103.5 113.0 115.1
o/w short term debt 2.8 3.9 8.1 12.4 11.7 19.8 20.2 20.4
Source: OEF (Oxford Economic Forecasting) and SEB estimates.
Rating history
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