Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis

The fallout of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit the economy more than the crises in 2008 and 2015. The pandemic is projected to shrink by 2.5 percent this year. The economy is expected to grow modesty by 2.5 percent next year, based on a...

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spelling okr-10986-349772021-04-23T14:02:13Z Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT EXTERNAL SECTOR RECESSION INFLATION BALANCE OF PAYMENTS MONETARY POLICY FISCAL TRENDS FISCAL POLICY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK RISKS POVERTY The fallout of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit the economy more than the crises in 2008 and 2015. The pandemic is projected to shrink by 2.5 percent this year. The economy is expected to grow modesty by 2.5 percent next year, based on an improved global economic outlook. This report estimates Kazakhstan’s poverty rate will increase to 12-14 percent in 2020 from a baseline of 6 percent Nevertheless, there are significant risks because of uneven economic recovery across countries due to the protracted pandemic and higher debt-related risks to the global financial market. The domestic financial sector is also exposed to a higher risk of growing non-performing loans if support measures are withdrawn. 2021-01-06T22:30:57Z 2021-01-06T22:30:57Z 2020-12 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792601609750238730/Kazakhstan-Economic-Update-A-Slow-Recovery-Through-the-COVID-19-Crisis http://hdl.handle.net/10986/34977 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Europe and Central Asia Kazakhstan
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
EXTERNAL SECTOR
RECESSION
INFLATION
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
FISCAL POLICY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
POVERTY
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
EXTERNAL SECTOR
RECESSION
INFLATION
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
MONETARY POLICY
FISCAL TRENDS
FISCAL POLICY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
RISKS
POVERTY
World Bank
Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis
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Kazakhstan
description The fallout of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has hit the economy more than the crises in 2008 and 2015. The pandemic is projected to shrink by 2.5 percent this year. The economy is expected to grow modesty by 2.5 percent next year, based on an improved global economic outlook. This report estimates Kazakhstan’s poverty rate will increase to 12-14 percent in 2020 from a baseline of 6 percent Nevertheless, there are significant risks because of uneven economic recovery across countries due to the protracted pandemic and higher debt-related risks to the global financial market. The domestic financial sector is also exposed to a higher risk of growing non-performing loans if support measures are withdrawn.
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author World Bank
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title Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis
title_short Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis
title_fullStr Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis
title_full_unstemmed Kazakhstan Economic Update, December 2020 : A Slow Recovery Through the COVID-19 Crisis
title_sort kazakhstan economic update, december 2020 : a slow recovery through the covid-19 crisis
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2021
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/792601609750238730/Kazakhstan-Economic-Update-A-Slow-Recovery-Through-the-COVID-19-Crisis
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