Tag: debt

Borrowing rate will not slow down as debt is set to increase

The finance ministry sold new bonds on international markets worth $3bn

Hisham Salah Hisham Salah

Egypt’s public debt is reaching critical level

Experts believe there are no other options but to ask for more…

Hisham Salah Hisham Salah

Banks increase bad debt allocations by EGP 27.2bn due to flotation

Total financial position of banks climbed to EGP 3.99tn at the end…

Hossam Mounir Hossam Mounir

CBE provides $600m to settle dollar debts of about 570 companies

Companies will repay their debts—that resulted from fluctuations of exchange rates after…

Mohamed Ayyad Mohamed Ayyad

Egypt’s economy over 6 years

There are three variables in any economy which need to be reduced:…

Moataz Bellah Abdel-Fattah Moataz Bellah Abdel-Fattah

IMF loan’s first tranche was not used to pay off debts: CBE governor

The total imports in 2016 amounted to $76bn, of which $2.2bn were…

Daily News Egypt Daily News Egypt

Cost of government debt threatens economic reform programmes

The government successfully controls the subsidies and salaries bills, but fails to…

Ahmed Farahat Ahmed Farahat

2016: an opening for Egypt’s economy to recover or an entryway into a dark tunnel?

International lending is threatened with the fate of Gulf aid, which failed…

Mohamed Ayyad Mohamed Ayyad

Egypt, IMF to cut budget deficit to 5.5% during 3-year funding programme

Primary agreement between IMF and Egypt; IMF executive board to determine timing…

Mohamed Ayyad Mohamed Ayyad

Africa may face unsustainable debt: report

Africa may have a problem with unsustainable debt on its hands if…

Deutsche Welle Deutsche Welle