FX.co ★ Kazakhstan Producer Inflation Picks Up in September

Producer price inflation in Kazakhstan accelerated to 6.4% in September 2026, up from 5.6% in August. The sharpest increase was recorded in the supply of electricity, gas, steam, hot water, and air conditioning, where prices surged 21.9% year-on-year, compared with 12% a month earlier. Inflation also strengthened in the mining and quarrying sector, rising to 5.7% from 5.1%. By contrast, producer price growth slowed in manufacturing, easing to 5% from 5.5%, and in water supply, sewerage, waste collection and treatment, and remediation activities, where inflation moderated to 8% from 8.7%. On a monthly basis, producer prices rose by 1%, decelerating from a 1.2% increase in August.