Turkmenistan’s joining the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars railway launched in 2017 will give impetus to the further development of trade and economic relations between Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan, Azerbaijani Deputy Prime Minister Hajibala Abutalibov said.

The Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) held a regular auction for placement of short-term notes of the Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) worth 250 million manats with a circulation period of 28 days, BSE said.

The oil extraction plant of the American Cargill company in the Volgograd region of Russia reached an agreement on the supply of its products to Azerbaijan, the press service of the regional government told TASS.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9550 manats, respectively, for Oct. 18.

Norway is open to explore potential fields of trade cooperation with Azerbaijan, Daniel Bjarmann-Simonsen, state secretary to Norway's minister of trade, industry and fisheries told Trend.

The State Oil Company of Azerbaijan SOCAR carried out the eighth regular interest payments on bonds.

A presentation of Azerbaijani wines was held at the Madrid Rioxa Center on October 17.

The position of Azerbaijan in the Global Competitiveness Report 2018 of the World Economic Forum (WEF), prepared according to a new methodology, is the result of successful economic reforms carried out in the country, Doctor of Economics Muslim Ibrahimov told Trend Oct. 17.

Global payment technologies leader Mastercard held its annual meeting with partners for the third year in a row in Azerbaijan.

The World Bank (WB) expects inflation rate in Azerbaijan to remain below 3 percent, according to the bank’s website.

The revenues of the State Social Protection Fund under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of Azerbaijan in January-September 2018 increased by 16.07 percent or 406.84 million manats compared to the same period of 2017, the Minister of Labor and Social Protection of Azerbaijan Sahil Babayev said.

Preliminary agreements on cooperation between the business circles of Mongolia and Azerbaijan have been reached, the head of Neuron Technologies, Ismail Alekberov reports.

An auction for placement of short-term state bonds worth 40 million manats and maturity period of 364 days of Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Finance was held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE), the BSE said.

Azerbaijan’s state budget revenues amounted to 16,089.7 million manats in January-September 2018, which is 33.6 percent or 4,044.6 million manats more than in the same period of last year, Azerbaijan’s Finance Ministry said in a message.

Placement of bonds worth 37.35 million manats of Azerbaijan’s Finance Ministry was held at the Baku Stock Exchange (BSE) on Oct. 16, the BSE said in a message.

Prices for gold, silver and platinum decreased in Azerbaijan Oct. 17, according to the data published by the country’s Central Bank.

The Azerbaijani Cabinet of Ministers has signed a decision to ensure the activity of the Patent and Trademarks Center under the Intellectual Property Agency.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) has published today the Global Competitiveness Report - 2018, prepared on the basis of a new methodology.

Official exchange rate of the US dollar and euro against Azerbaijani manat was set at 1.7 and 1.9649 manats, respectively, for Oct. 17.

Three cargo trips are carried out between Turkey, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan weekly via the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars (BTK) railway.

Azerbaijan's GDP in January-September 2018 amounted to almost 57.76 billion manat, which is 0.8 percent more than in the same period of 2017, follows from the report of the State Statistics Committee.

The Agency for Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) of Azerbaijan is completing the process of preparing regulatory acts in connection with the establishment of SME Development Centers, Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Agency Elchin Ibrahimov told Trend on Oct. 16.

Budget revenues of the State Oil Fund of the Republic of Azerbaijan (SOFAZ) for the period of January-September, 2018 reached 14 437.2 million manats, while budget expenditures constituted 8 005.9 million manats.

Azertutun Ltd, part of the Azerbaijan Industrial Corporation (AIC), intends to produce 3,000 tons of tobacco in 2018, AIC Director General Kamran Nabizade told journalists on Oct. 15.

Over the past 15 years, $250 billion has been invested in Azerbaijani economy, half of which is accounted for foreign investment, the President of the National Confederation of Entrepreneurs (Employers') Organizations of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mammad Musayev said at the conference "Cooperation of entrepreneur-professional education".