Eurasia
Russia's manufacturing activity continues to grow
Russia's manufacturing PMI edged up to 51.7 in November from 51.6 in October, seeing the strongest growth for six months.
November also marked the second straight month of expansion in the manufacturing sector amid a faster rise in new orders.
Kyrgyzstan's consumer prices stand at 14% y-o-y
Kyrgyzstan’s annual inflation rate stood at 14 percent in August, from 14.6 percent in the previous month which was the highest inflation rate since August of 2011, amid lower pressure from prices of food & non-alcoholic beverages (21.4 percent vs 23.4 percent in July
Kazakhstan’s leather exports surge a record 73.3% year-on-year
Leather producers in Kazakhstan have earned about US$2.4 million in exports during the first five months of 2021, up 73.3% compared to the same period last year, according to the press service of Kazakh Ministry of Industry and Infrastructure Development.
Georgia's exports up 25.2% in H1 2021
In the first half of this year, Georgia's exports (excluding non-declared exports) stood at USD 1 884.7 million, up 25.2 percent compared to the same period in 2020, according to the country's statistics office Geostat.
Kazakhstan's economy contracts by 1.5% in Q1 2021
Kazakhstan's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) shrunk by 1.5% in the first quarter of 2021, according to the latest official figures published by the Bureau of National Statistics.
Milestone solar power project in Uzbekistan to take off
The government of Uzbekistan last week signed loan and guarantee agreements with the World Bank Group, UAE-based developer Masdar, and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to finance the first 100-megawatt solar photovoltaic power plant in the country.
Kaspi.kz revives plans for London listing
Kazakhstan's financial group Kaspi.kz said Friday (Oct.
Armenia sovereign government credit rating at BB-
Frankfurt-based Rating-Agentur Expert (RAEX) confirmed Armenia's sovereign government credit rating (SGC) at 'BB-' (sufficient level of creditworthiness of the government) in national currency and foreign currency.
Azerbaijani Central Bank takes top lenders into temporary administration
Four Azerbaijani banks – Atabank, AGBank, NBCBank, and Amrah Bank – which are among the country's 15 largest financial institutions, were taken into temporary administration by the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) on April 27.
