Uzbekistan: new bank to be created

Uzagroexportbank, a joint stock commercial bank, will be created in Uzbekistan to support manufacturers and exporters in the agricultural sector, according to the decree of the Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev. The founders of the newly established bank with an initial registered capital of 10 million euros will include the Fund of the Reconstruction and Development…

Kyrgyzstan: recession overcome

The Kyrgyz government believes that the main result of 2016 was the overcoming of the deep recession of the national economy and the preservation of positive dynamics of economic growth, Minister of Economy of Kyrgyzstan Arzybek Kozhoshev said at a Cabinet meeting. According to him, from the beginning of the year, the economy showed a…

Kyrgyzstan: capital outflow continues

Outflow of capital in January-September 2016 reached $161.3 million, the Minister of Economy Arzybek Kozhoshev said at a government meeting. According to him, economic decline and inflation in the countries – main trade partners (Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan), were among the negative factors that affected the economy of Kyrgyzstan in 2016. In particular, inflation in…