Kazakhstan's central bank keeps policy rate unchanged at 16.75%

ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's central bank kept its policy rate unchanged at 16.75% on Friday, saying it was likely to remain at that level for an extended period of time.

The move had been anticipated by the market as December inflation figures were in line with the central bank's forecast. [L1N33X0JA]

(Reporting by Mariya Gordeyeva; Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Toby Chopra)