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Egypt’s ending of monthly customs rate may raise inflation – analysts

September 3, 2019 MEO Staff

Egypt’s decision to scrap a monthly fixed customs exchange rate could lead to higher inflation in the coming months if the Egyptian pound declines significantly against the dollar, analysts said. Egypt last Sunday cancelled the [ More … ]

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Egypt’s Annual Inflation Reaches 12.2%

February 11, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s annual urban consumer price inflation increased to 12.7 percent in January from 12.0 percent in December, as recorded by the CAPMAS statistics agency, though the data was unlikely to quell speculation the central bank [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Turkish economy to create, capitalize on opportunities in times of global turbulence

February 9, 2019 MEO Staff

Acquiring experience with measures taken against the market turmoil in summer of 2018, the Turkish economy is now looking to turn imminent global risks into advantages As the global and regional economies get increasingly exposed [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Hiking Oil Prices May Threat Egypt’s Savings from Gas Milestone

October 9, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Another corner of the energy market threatens to deal a new blow to Egypt’s fragile government finances although its milestone of regaining self-sufficiency in natural gas.  A six-fold increase in production at the giant offshore Zohr [ More … ]

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Egypt’s Foreign Debt Rises to $88.2 Billion in the Third Quarter of 2017-2018

August 7, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s foreign debt rose to $88.2 billion in the third quarter of the 2017-2018 fiscal year, up from $73.9 billion in the same period the previous year, central bank data showed on Monday. Egypt’s fiscal [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Washington Post: Egypt’s Al-Sisi Is Facing Unusual Dissent over Hiking Prices

July 21, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s al-Sisi is confronting one of the toughest challenges he has faced since seizing power five years ago, as rising prices linked to economic austerity measures take a toll on his core middle-class supporters, according [ More … ]

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Egypt’s Angry Civil Servants Say that Pay Raise Not Enough for New Price Hikes

June 23, 2018 Ahmed Rashed

Egyptian civil servants have warned the government that increases in their salaries will not help them avoid the devastating impact of tough new austerity measures. Earlier this month the national Parliament approved a draft law [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

Foreign Investment in Egypt: Reality and Challenges

May 27, 2018 MEO Staff

Dr. Ahmed Zikrallah* Despite the economic measures taken by the Egyptian government to support the domestic and foreign investment climate – most notably the issuance of new laws to regulate investment, companies, capital market, and [ More … ]

Turkey Latest News

Turkey’s annual inflation down to 6-month low

August 3, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

New data say yearly inflation fell to 9.79 percent in July, down from 10.9 percent in June Turkey’s annual inflation rate dropped to 9.79 percent in July — its lowest level in six months, the [ More … ]

Egypt Latest News

CBE Hikes Key Interest Rates against Economists’ Expectations

May 22, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt’s central bank raised its key interest rates by 200 basis points, citing stronger economic growth and falling unemployment, confounding the expectations of economists who forecast rates were unlikely to change, reported Reuters. At a [ More … ]

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The Poor in Egypt Endure Hardships of IMF Loan Conditions

May 9, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Reliance on state-subsidized supplies rises after Cairo signs $12bn package with IMF, according to a Financial Times report, titled:  “Egypt’s loan conditions leave poor on the bread line”. While Zeinab Ahmed and her friend are waiting [ More … ]

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Egypt Expects to Receive the Second Installment of the IMF Loan in June

May 8, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

Egypt expects to receive a second installment, worth $1.2 billion, of a three-year International Monetary Fund loan in the second half of June. At a press conference, Finance Minister Amr el-Garhy announced that negotiations with [ More … ]

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IMF Team in Egypt Fueled Speculation over Raising Interest Rates Again

May 1, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

An International Monetary Fund team started its first review of Egypt’s $12 billion loan accord, with the debate on how best to curb inflation likely to take centre stage, according to Amwal al-Ghad, an Egyptian [ More … ]

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Social Media activists mock Al-Sisi for a post on his official Facebook page

April 28, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

A post on Al-Sisi’s official Facebook page has provoked mockery of social media activists Al-Sisi’s Facebook page posted, “The public debt hiked from 700 billion to 3.4 trillion Egyptian pounds,”with hashtags (in Arabic)#Ask_thePresident and #BeCreative. The [ More … ]

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IMF Lowered Growth Forecast for Egypt to 3.5%

April 19, 2017 Ahmed Rashed

The International Monetary Fund has lowered 2016-2017 growth forecast for Egypt to 3.5%. Egypt’s economy will grow by 3.5 %during the 2016-17 financial year,as said by the IMF, lowering the 4 % forecast it made [ More … ]

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