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Egypt’s social spending strives to curb negative effects of reforms

Subsidies FY 2015/16 (billions of EGP) FY 2016/17 (billions of EGP) FY…

Mohamed Samir Mohamed Samir

Egypt’s ambitious budget signifies further stable economic conditions

A slew of IPOs likely to boost country’s revenues, decrease deficit

Elsayed Solyman Elsayed Solyman

Fiscal deficit to come down to 9.5% in FY 2018: FocusEconomics

FocusEconomics expects inflation to average 15.1% in 2018

Shaimaa Al-Aees Shaimaa Al-Aees

Egypt main source of 2017 Middle East investments in France: Business France

300 Middle Eastern companies operated in France in 2017, employing over 24,000

Mohamed Samir Mohamed Samir

Egypt’s annual inflation slows to 13.3% in March, marking lowest level since 2016

Beltone Financial forecasts another 100-basis point interest rate cut on May

Mohamed Samir Mohamed Samir

AlexBank, Jordan Post sign agreement to enhance remittances service

The Bank of Alexandria (AlexBank) announced on Monday in Amman the signature…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

Egypt successfully raises €2bn in eurobond issuance, closes 3.8 times oversubscribed

Egypt successfully closed a €2bn eurobond issuance, the country’s first public bond…

Mohamed Samir Mohamed Samir

Egypt targets 4% deficit by 2022: El-Garhy

Egypt’s Minister of Finance Amr El-Garhy said that his ministry aims to…

Mohamed Samir Mohamed Samir

Beltone expects tourism revenues to reach $6.2bn in FY 2017/2018

FY 2017/2018 expected to see reduced CA deficit, normalised portfolio inflows

Nehal Samir Nehal Samir

Egypt’s current account deficit dropped 64% to $3.4bn in H1 FY 2017/18

Improvement was backed by 5% GDP growth in 2017—highest on record since…

Mohamed Samir Mohamed Samir