The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) believes attainment of a single-digit rate of inflation by late 2017 is feasible, CBA head Elman Rustamov said on May 30. “The forecasts of international organizations, including the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, for the rate of change of consumer prices in Azerbaijan are positive,” he said.…
The Moody’s Investors Service international ratings agency has forecast the Azerbaijani economy to grow by 1.8% in 2018, Petr Paklin, the agency analyst, said at the Moody’s Annual Azerbaijan Summit in Baku on May 25. He noted that Azerbaijan’s GDP growth was highly dependent on the level of oil prices. If the oil prices remain…
In January-April Azerbaijan increased the exports of agricultural products by 44% YoY, the Minister of Agriculture of Azerbaijan, Heydar Asadov declared. According to the minister, Azerbaijan plans to increase the exports of food products, in terms of current problem with food security in the world. During recent 4 months, the country increased export volumes mainly…
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has forecast a 2% growth of Azerbaijan’s economy in 2018, according to the EBRD’s updated Regional Economic Prospects report. The bank forecasts Azerbaijan’s economy to contract by 0.5% in 2017, according to the report. After a brief period of volatility in the beginning of 2017, the Azerbaijani…
Azerbaijan’s Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FIMSA) has registered a prospectus of the Azerbaijani Central Bank’s short-term notes worth 25 million manats, FIMSA said on May 8. The message said 250,000 notes would be issued at a par value of 100 manats each, and their maturity period would be 28 days. A short-term note is a…
Tax revenues of the Azerbaijani state budget reached almost 2.3 billion manats in January-April, exceeding the forecast by 6.3%, said the country’s Ministry of Taxes on May 5. Revenues through the Ministry of Taxes are forecast in the amount of 7.51 billion manats in Azerbaijan in 2017, or 46.2% of total volume of budget revenues.…
PASHA Bank’s share in the Azerbaijani banking market in terms of volume of assets reached 10% as of late 2016, Taleh Kazimov, the bank’s CEO and chairman of Executive Board, declared. The bank’s share in terms of the volume of the loan portfolio reached 5.5%, he said on April 25. In 2016, PASHA Bank’s assets…