International reserves in March exceeded $28.4 bln

ASTANA. KAZINFORM - In March 2016 there was an increase in international reserves of the National Bank of Kazakhstan, the press service of the bank reported Monday.

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Gross international reserves of the National Bank increased by $851.3 million of 3.1%. At the same time net foreign currency assets increased by $754.8 million while assets in gold increased by $103.1 million.

Foreign currency and gold reserves of the National Bank of the Republic of Kazakhstan increased to $28.4 billion in March 2016.

The Kazakh National Fund's assets rose by 1.2% to $64.3 billion. According to preliminary data, gross international reserves of the country totaled $92.8 billion in March 2016.

In March, the National Bank kept the base rate unchanged at 17% with a symmetric interest rate corridor of +/- 2%.