/KASE, May 2, 2025/ – Freedom Holding Corp. has provided Kazakhstan Stock
Exchange (KASE) with a review of the Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) of
Kazakhstan's manufacturing sectors for April 2025.
Below are comments from Yerlan Abdikarimov, Director of the Financial Analysis
Department of Freedom Finance Global PLC (a 100% subsidiary of Freedom
Holding Corp.).
"Business activity in the manufacturing sector remains in the optimistic zone,
although the index has declined to a 14-month low. Growth has slowed, despite
previously announced government initiatives aimed at supporting new investment
projects in the industry. This adjustment can be explained by a combination of
external factors (increased trade tensions and pressure on commodity markets)
and internal ones – rising utility tariffs and currency volatility. In response,
companies have increasingly passed risks onto product prices. Nevertheless,
industry representatives continue to show confidence in the future: expectations
for the next 12 months exceed the levels seen in the second half of last year".
Review in Kazakh –
https://kase.kz/uploads/KZ_Manufacturing_KAZ_2504_PR_60476cf261.pdf
Review in Russian –
https://kase.kz/uploads/KZ_Manufacturing_RUS_2504_PR_30a6c9ce85.pdf
Review in English –
https://kase.kz/uploads/KZ_Manufacturing_ENG_2504_PR_3bb426c02e.pdf
[2025-05-02]