Kassym-Jomart Tokayev holds meeting with Chairman of National Bank

President Tokayev received Governor of the National Bank of Kazakhstan Galymzhan Pirmatov, El.kz cites the Akorda press service.

The Kazakh President was reported about the preliminary results of implementation of monetary policy in H1 2023.

Kassym-Jomart Tokayev was informed about development of the economic situation in the world and in Kazakhstan, inflation factors and measures taken to reduce it, balance the budget and the economy in the of payments dynamics, as well as on the state of assets of the Unified Pension Savings Fund, the National Fund and gold and currency reserves.

The measures of the National Bank give positive results and some decline in inflation is observed, in accordance to the central with the Bank’s forecasts.

The President was also informed about the implementation of the Open Banking and Payment Market Regulation Concept.

At the end of the meeting, the Head of State set a number of tasks to the National Bank aimed at effective implementation of monetary