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• Bank assets growth accelerates to 10% y/y at end-May.

  
  

• Brcko District to issue EUR 18.9mn bonds on Banja Luka, Sarajevo bourses.

  
  

• CBR: cutting refinancing rate by 1.5pps bears no risks.

  
  

• Central bank cuts monetary policy interest rate by 50bps to 9%.

  
  

• Credit growth slows down to 27% y/y in May.

  
  

• EQT V seeks antitrust approval to acquire cable TV Eurocom.

  
  

• External debt narrows to 40.8% of GDP at end-March.

  
  

• Gross external debt rises by 7.9% m/m at end-March.

  
  

• Israeli president visits Kazakhstan.

  
  

• S&P downgrades KazInvestBank to B-/C.

  
  

• Securities regulator temporarily suspends operations of brokerage house Fersped.

  
  

• Securities regulator temporarily suspends operations of brokerage house Fersped.

  
  

• State official: Euro adoption helped cushion effects of economic, gas crisis.

  
  

• Two military plants ask antitrust commission to allow concentration.

  
  

• CBR: net capital outflow close to zero in June.

  
  

• Central bank sees good shock absorption capacity of financial sector.

  
  

• Central bank sees positive impact of euro adoption already in 2008.

  
  

• Deputy PM: Bank PKO BP to allocate 33% instead of 99% of profit to dividend.

  
  

• FDI shrink by 65.1% y/y in Q1.

  
  

• Finance minister: FINA to become national credit rating agency.

  
  

• Finance minister: New budget revision depends on source of deficit financing.

  
  

• FinMin presents debt auctions schedule for July.

  
  

• Food holding Zito Vardar to buy back up to 10% of own shares.

  
  

• GDP drops by 6.7% y/y in Q1.

  
  

• Government rejects pro-family package due to high budget costs.