Source: International Monetary Fund – IMF (video statements)
Economic growth in the CCA region exceeded expectations in 2025, driven by strong domestic demand and hydrocarbon exports, while inflation accelerated. Economic activity in many CCA countries was stronger than expected in the first half of the year, underpinned by robust remittances, rapid credit growth, and, for oil exporters, higher hydrocarbon production.
Join us on October 30 at 1:00 AM ET for a panel discussion on the IMF’s October 2025 Regional Economic Outlook (REO) for the Caucasus and Central Asia with:
• Jihad Azour, Director, Middle East and Central Asia Department, IMF
• Arif Ali (CEO, CJSC Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank)
• Akylzhan Baimagambetov (Deputy Governor, National Bank of
Kazakhstan)
• Aziza Umarova (Head of Delivery Unit at the Agency for Strategic
Reforms under the President of Uzbekistan; Fellow at Harvard’s Davis
Center)