EGP274 bln Amounts of Banknote in August-End: CBE

The amounts of banknote issued by the Central Bank of Egypt surged by EGP 5 billion to EGP 274 billion by the end of August 2013, versus EGP 269 billion by the end of July 2013, according to the CBE’s latest report.

The large domination of the EGP 200 banknote ranked first with issuance amounts of EGP121.1 billion by August-end, against EGP 119.3 billion by July-end.

In addition, another large domination of the EGP 100 banknote came second attaining amounts of issuance of EGP112 billion at August-end, compared to EGP109.2 billion at July-end.