

ALMATY, Feb 18 (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's economic indicators
based on data provided by the State Statistics Agency,
government institutions, the central bank and exchanges:
* updated today
CURRENCY/INTEREST RATE
LATEST PREVIOUS
*Tenge/dollar 150.48 150.45
Cbank refinancing rate (pct) Aug 6 5.50 6.00
MONEY
Monetary base(trln tenge) Dec 31 2.89 Nov 30 2.69
Cbank gold/forex reserves ($ bln)
Jan 31 26.4 Dec 31 27.7
National Fund ($bln) Jan 31 57.8 Dec 31 57.5
Money supply(M3)(trln tenge) Dec 31 10.52 Nov 30 10.41
GDP DATA
Jan-Dec'11 Jan-Dec'10 Jan-Dec'09 Jan-Dec'08
GDP (trln tenge) 27.334 21.815 17.008 16.053
GDP (pct) +7.5 +7.3 +1.2 +3.3
MONTHLY DATA
PERIOD CURRENT PREVIOUS YEAR-AGO
MONTH
Ind output (pct) Jan-Dec +0.5 +0.4 +3.5
Ind output (pct) Jan +0.7 -1.8 1.9
Inflation (pct) Jan +0.9 +0.6 +0.3
Inflation (pct) Dec/Dec +6.0 +5.3 +7.4
Unemployment (pct) Q4 5.3 5.2 5.3
Oil production (mln T) Jan 7.0 6.9 6.9
Oil production (mln T) Jan-Dec 79.2 72.3 80.0
Copper output ('000 T) Jan 29.0 34.6 30.0
Copper output ('000 T) Jan-Dec 367.2 332.6 338.5
Zinc output ('000 T) Jan 25.3 27.5 26.8
Zinc output ('000 T) Jan-Dec 319.9 292.3 319.9
Trade balance ($ bln) Jan-Dec +47.8 +44.6 +50.6
Exports ($ bln) Jan-Dec 92.3 84.9 87.6
Imports ($ bln) Jan-Dec 44.5 40.3 37.0
FORECASTS FOR 2013
GDP growth (pct) 5-6
Annual inflation (pct) 6.0-8.0
Budget deficit (bln tenge/pct GDP) 785.2/2.1
Budget revenues (bln tenge) 5,346
Budget spending (bln tenge) 6,028
Industrial output (pct) 3.8
Oil and condensate output (mln T) 82.0
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight) N/A
ANNUAL COMPARISONS
2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
GDP +5.0 +7.5 +7.3 +1.2 +3.2 +8.9 +10.7 +9.7 +9.6
Ind output (pct)
+0.5 +3.5 +10.0 +1.7 +2.1 +4.5 +7.0 +4.6 +10.1
Inflation (pct)
+6.0 +7.4 +7.8 +6.2 +9.5 +18.8 +8.6 +7.6 +6.7
Yr-end M3 (trln tenge)
10.52 n/a 8.55 7.49 6.27 4.61 3.72 2.07 1.64
Yr-end unemployment (pct)
5.3 n/a 5.5 6.6 6.7 7.3 7.8 8.2 8.4
Grain harvest (mln T, clean weight)
12.9 27.0 12.2 20.8 15.6 20.1 16.5 13.8 12.4
Oil and gas condensate output (mln T)
79.2 80.0 79.5 76.4 70.7 67.1 65.0 61.9 59.4
Copper output ('000 T)
367 338 323 368 398 406 428 419 446
KAZAKHSTAN'S LONG-TERM RATINGS
S&P (July 30, 2012) BBB+ stable outlook
Moody's (Apr 5, 2010) Baa2 stable outlook
Fitch (Nov 20, 2012) BBB+ stable outlook
(State Statistics Agency website www.stat.kz,
Stock Exchange www.kase.kz/eng/
Central Bank www.nationalbank.kz/?switch=eng)
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