Kazakhstan: Industrial production speeds up in March
Latest reading: Industrial production increased 4.3% in annual terms in March, following 3.2% growth in the previous month.
Relative to the prior month’s data, readings in March improved for manufacturing (+13.6% in annual terms vs +13.1% in February) and mining and quarrying (-5.6% vs -8.0% in February). In contrast, readings worsened for electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply (+5.7% vs +8.2% in February) and water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities (+7.7% vs +26.8% in February).