Kyrgyz Republic Economic Update No. 6, Fall/Winter 2017 : A Robust Recovery with Underlying Weaknesses
The Kyrgyz economy appears to have recovered from the 2014-2015 external shocks. Over the first nine months of 2017, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP) expanded by five percent, year-on-year, thanks to improvements in the external environment and a...
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| Format: | Report |
| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/727401517229479407/Economic-update-with-a-special-focus-on-labor-migration http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29261 |
| Summary: | The Kyrgyz economy appears to have
recovered from the 2014-2015 external shocks. Over the first
nine months of 2017, real Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
expanded by five percent, year-on-year, thanks to
improvements in the external environment and a continued
expansionary fiscal policy, which were mirrored by a strong
gold production and a strengthening in domestic demand. The
Kyrgyz economy performed robustly over 2017. Macroeconomic
policies were supportive to growth, but the fiscal stance
has deteriorated significantly and inflation has tilted
upwards. Growth is estimated to have decelerated toward the
end of 2017, and expected to pick up in 2018. The economy is
expected to remain dependent on remittances. Private inflows
will continue to support household incomes and boost
domestic demand, but they also come with challenges. The
first part of this Economic update analyzes recent
macroeconomic trends and presents an assessment of the
country’s short- and medium-term outlook. The Special Focus
section discusses recent trends in labor migration and the
implications of remittance dependence for macroeconomic policies. |
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