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Kazakhstan to direct $3.4 billion to support banking sector

Kazakhstan Materials 3 March 2017 17:33 (UTC +04:00)
Kazakhstan’s National Fund will transfer over 1.092 trillion tenges (over $3.4 billion) to the state budget for the recovery of the country’s banking sector.
Kazakhstan to direct $3.4 billion to support banking sector

Baku, Azerbaijan, March 3
By Elena Kosolapova – Trend:

Kazakhstan’s National Fund will transfer over 1.092 trillion tenges (over $3.4 billion) to the state budget for the recovery of the country’s banking sector.

A corresponding decree was signed by Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev. The text of the decree was published on the website of Kazakhstan’s Legal information system of Regulatory Legal Acts.

Thirty-four banks were operating in Kazakhstan as of Jan. 1, 2017. The international rating agencies say that short-term outlook of Kazakh banking sector is negative.

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