OREANDA-NEWS. July 23, 2008. The number of plastic cards issued by the Uzbek commercial banks into circulation grew by 19% in the first half of 2008 against the same period of 2007 and totaled 4,4 million, press service of the Central Bank of Uzbekistan said.

The Board of the Central Bank held meeting to discuss results of banking system activity in the first six months of 2008 and implementation of priority directions set by the President Islam Karimov on 18 July 2008 at the session of the Cabinet of Ministers.

It was noted during the meeting that the rigid monetary-credit policy pursued by the Central Bank in January-June 2008 was aimed at strengthening macroeconomic stability.