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Egypt’s current account records $8.2bn deficit in FY 2018/19: CBE

BOP records 0.1bn deficits, oil trade balance records $8.1m surplus, FDI net…

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Banks apply limited interest cuts after CBE slashes basic rates

Most cuts were limited to variable return certificates

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Beltone forsees 0.5% interest rate cut in CBE’s coming meeting, 3% cut in 2020

We do not expect pressure on local currency after interest cut, exchange…

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Egyptian pound gains 5 piasters against the US dollar despite CBE’s interest rate cut

The average official price of the US dollar at the Central Bank…

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Government to issue EGP 582.5bn worth of T-Bills, T-Bonds in Q2 FY 2019/20

Ministry of Finance plans 56 T-Bills auctions worth EGP 528.5bn, 28 T-Bonds…

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Banks allocate EGP 122bn to face doubtful debts until June 2019: CBE

Slight increase in non-performing loans at banks in 1H 2019, reaching 4.2%…

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CBE authorises 28 banks to provide mobile payment services in Egypt: Amer

Subscribers reach 13.5 million by end-June, with a total value of transactions…

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Egyptian banking sector awaits repercussions of interest rate cut

Banks will begin Sunday to discuss the fate of interest on their…

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Strong expectations that  CBE’s basic interest rates will be cut by 50 to 150 basis points

MPC ecided at its meeting on 22 August 2019 to reduce the…

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HDB’s mortgage portfolio amounts to EGP 6.6bn: vice chairperson

Bank ready to join CBE initiative to finance middle-income housing once it…

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