Kyrgyz economic policies: Kyrgyzstan’s adoption of “prudent macroeconomic policies” means that it has “comfortably” the IMF’s performance targets, an IMF mission has pronounced after its visit to Bishkek this month for the sixth and final review of the country’s three-year Extended Credit Facility arrangement. Kyrgyzstan’s fiscal deficit is expected to reach 4.2% of GDP this year and to decline gradually after that. AKI Press