Kazakhstan cuts 50bp confirming resilience to global woes
中文标题
哈萨克斯坦降息 50bp，印证对全球困境的韧性
Core conclusion · Tlines extraction
The National Bank of Kazakhstan cut its base rate 50bp to 15.75%, deeper than ING's cautious 25bp call and at the dovish end of a 25-50bp market range, as annual CPI slowed to a below-expected 9.3% and inflation expectations improved. ING sees disinflation now leaning heavily on an 11% year-to-date and 20% YoY tenge rally, so real rates must stay high. It expects a hold in December and cautious easing in 2027, with resilience not immunity to the global hawkish turn.
- Institution
- ING THINK
- Published
- 10/23/2026
- Research topic
- Inflation
- Time horizon
- medium-term · 2027
Key arguments
- Disinflation is concentrated in food, while non-food and services prices stay stickier and CPI remains well above the 5% target.
- Tenge strength, up 11% since the Iran war outbreak and 20% YoY, now carries much of the disinflation burden per NBK's own link to the exchange rate.
- Robust domestic demand backed by fiscal and quasi-fiscal measures keeps underlying price pressures significant.
- NBK's guidance flags tighter global financial conditions, higher global food and energy prices and a low likelihood of a rate change by end-2026.
Key numbers
- NBK base rate after cut
- 15.75%
- Rate cut size
- 50bp
- Market expectation range
- 25-50bp
- Annual CPI
- 9.3% YoY
- CPI target
- 5%
Main risks
- Reliance on a single disinflationary factor: tenge strength depends on volatile portfolio flows and commodities.
- Global food and energy price increases and tighter global financial conditions could re-accelerate inflation.
- If the global backdrop keeps deteriorating, FX resilience may require sustaining high real rates.
Corresponding source evidence
But resilience is not immunity; with disinflation still relying heavily on a strong tenge, real rates will need to stay high.
We saw room for another cut thanks to lower inflation, improving inflation expectations and continued tenge strength, but expected the worsening global rates backdrop to encourage a smaller step.
Annual CPI slowed to a below-expected 9.3% year-on-year, while inflation expectations of households and economists continued to improve.
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