Kazakhstan ready to float its currency

Uncertainty and opportunity as the central Asian republic prepares a currency float.

Jurgen Rigterink, ABN Amro “The market was attractive for foreign speculators but the central bank saw these moves as dangerous”
Jurgen Rigterink, ABN Amro

Kazakhstan is about to take another step on the path to becoming a recognized mainstream economy by removing restrictions on its currency, the tenge. The country plans to make the tenge fully convertible this month. “On January 1 the free flow of capital will be allowed, another step towards the tenge becoming fully convertible later,” says Arken Arystanov, chairman of the Regional Financial Centre of Almaty.

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