The Association of Financiers of Kazakhstan (AFK) believes that the slowdown of both annual and monthly inflation is likely to lead to the lowering of the base rate in July.
According to the Bureau of National Statistics, inflation was 0.5% in June compared to 0.6% in May, which was the lowest rate over the past 18 months. Inflation dropped from 15.9% in May to 14.6% in June year on year.
«As a result, the effective rate (inflation excluded) in the economy was expanded to 2.15%, which makes it highly possible to cut the base rate at...