Egypt News Egypt’s economic outlook improves – poll Aya Anwar Jul 29, 2025 0 Egypt’s economy grew by an estimated 4.0 per cent in the fiscal year ending June 2024, slightly higher than the 3.8…
Featured Fitch Solutions: Egypt inflation to face temporary bumps, rate cuts remain likely M.S. Salama May 12, 2025 0 Ramona Moubarak, Director for MENA Country Risk at BMI, Fitch Solutions, said Egypt’s inflation path is expected to…
Featured Egypt to phase out fuel subsidies by Dec 2025: IMF official Yomna Yasser Mar 11, 2025 0 Egypt is set to end fuel subsidies by December 2025, according to Mohamed Maait, executive director for the Arab…
Tech/AI Egypt’s fuel subsidies fall 65% in nine months – official Amwal Al Ghad English May 10, 2020 0 Egypt’s spending on fuel subsidies dropped by about 65 percent to 21 billion Egyptian pounds ($1.34 billion) in…
Featured Egypt to cut fuel subsidies by 47% in 2020/21 budget Amwal Al Ghad English Apr 23, 2020 0 Egypt plans to cut spending on fuel subsidies by 47 perecent in its 2020/21 budget to 28.193 Egyptian pounds…
Featured Egypt spends $3.51bn on fuel subsidies in first nine months of FY19 – minister Amwal Al Ghad English May 7, 2019 0 Egypt has spent 60.1 billion Egyptian pounds ($3.51 billion) on fuel subsidies during the first nine months of…
Financial Institutions Egypt’s new budget cuts fuel subsidies 40% in FY20: FinMin Amwal Al Ghad English Apr 17, 2019 0 A finance ministry report on Egypt’s new budget (2019/20) showed that fuel subsidies will be reduced by 36.112…
Featured Egypt to remove fuel subsidies as it nears end of IMF programme aya salah Apr 6, 2019 0 Egypt will slash subsidies on most energy products by June 15, it told the International Monetary Fund in a January…
Featured Egypt hikes fuel prices in IMF-backed austerity drive Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 18, 2018 0 Egypt on Saturday hiked gasoline prices by up to 50 percent, under an IMF reform plan calling for austerity…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s fuel subsidies increase 34% in H1 of FY2017/18: minister Yomna Yasser Feb 8, 2018 0 Egypt’s fuel subsidies jumped by 34 percent to 51 billion Egyptian pounds ($2.9 billion) from during the fist half…
Industry & Trade Egypt won’t cut fuel subsidies before July 2018: minister Yomna Yasser Nov 13, 2017 0 Egypt is not considering a rise in fuel prices before 30 June 2018, at the end of the current financial year, and…
Banks Egypt’s inflation to rebound to 12-13% in six months: minister Yomna Yasser Sep 28, 2017 0 Egypt’s inflation is expected to rebound between 12 and 13 percent in a period of six and nine months, finance…
Financial Institutions Fitch says Egypt’s budget, energy price hikes show fiscal commitment Yomna Yasser Jul 12, 2017 0 Egypt's new budget and lower electricity and fuel subsidies demonstrate a continued commitment to fiscal…
Industry & Trade Egypt assigns $8 bln for fuel subsidies in FY 2017-18 budget Mennatullah Hamzawy Jun 5, 2017 0 Egypt has assigned 145 billion Egyptian pounds ($8 billion) for fuel subsidies and 80 billion pounds for…
Financial Institutions IMF backs Egypt plan to remove fuel subsidies in 3 years, ease inflation: official Yomna Yasser May 18, 2017 0 The International Monetary Fund is encouraged by Egypt's efforts to remove fuel subsidies within three years and…
Industry & Trade Egypt to lower fuel subsidies to 33 bln pounds in 2017/18 draft budget Yomna Yasser May 9, 2017 0 Egypt’s government will reduce spending on fuel subsidies to 33 billion Egyptian pounds in the 2017/18 draft budget…
Industry & Trade Egypt devaluation doubles fuel subsidy bill to 78bn pounds in first 9 months Yomna Yasser May 3, 2017 0 Egypt's government spent 78 billion Egyptian pounds ($4.32 billion) on fuel subsidies in the first nine months of…
Egypt News Egypt planning new cuts to energy subsidies – FinMin Yomna Yasser Jan 17, 2017 0 Egypt's Finance Minister Amr al-Garhy announced Sunday the government is studying the application of new cuts to…
Egypt News Egypt plans to lift fuel subsidies within three years: sources Yomna Yasser Aug 23, 2016 0 Egypt is planning to lift fuel subsidies within three years and is aiming to increase fuel prices to 65 percent of…
Egypt News Egypt to cut fuel subsidies as government seeks to reduce deficit Yomna Yasser Apr 10, 2016 0 Egypt is to reduce spending on fuel subsidies by nearly 43 percent in the 2016/17 budget due mainly to lower global…
Egypt News Egypt is ‘suffering’ due to high fuel subsidies: oil minister Yomna Yasser Jan 12, 2016 0 Egypt’s petroleum minister stated Monday that the country is “suffering” due to fuel subsidies, saying these funds…
Egypt News Oil price drop spurs Egypt fuel subsidy phase-out once more Yomna Yasser Dec 13, 2015 0 The continued collapse in oil prices will encourage Egyptian government to slash fuel subsidies once more to reduce…
Egypt News Egypt Earmarks $8 Bln For Fuel Subsidies In 2015/2016 Amwal Al Ghad English Jun 22, 2015 0 Egypt has earmarked 61 billion Egyptian pounds ($8 billion) for fuel product subsidies in the draft 2015/2016…
Industry & Trade Egypt’s Fuel Smart Card System to start on 15 June: Minister Yomna Yasser May 4, 2015 0 Egypt is to carry out a long-planned smart card system for fuel at gas stations starting on 15 June, Planning…
Egypt News Egypt on a Mission to Restore Confidence in its Economy Yomna Yasser Jan 29, 2015 0 Egypt will push ahead with plans to phase out a costly energy subsidy, the country’s finance minister says, as…
Banks Fitch Upgrades Two Egyptian Banks Rating to ‘B’ Yomna Yasser Dec 24, 2014 0 Fitch Ratings has upgraded the Long-term Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) of the National Bank of Egypt, largest…
Industry & Trade Egypt Spent $3bn on Fuel Subsidies in the First Quarter: Official Yomna Yasser Nov 18, 2014 0 Egypt spent 22 billion Egyptian pounds ($3.08 billion) on fuel subsidies in the first quarter of fiscal year…
EGX Egypt Stocks End lower on Sunday over Annual Inflation Data Yomna Yasser Aug 10, 2014 0 Egypt's bourse trimmed early losses to end Sunday's sessions lower with losses totalling 1.3 billion Egyptian…
EGX Egypt Stocks Gain EGP3.6bn, EGX30 Exceeds 8600 on Tuesday Yomna Yasser Jul 15, 2014 0 Egypt's stocks ended Tuesday's session higher with gains totalling 3.6 billion Egyptian pounds bolstered by…
Financial Institutions Op-Ed: Egypt’s al-Sisi Carries out Demands of IMF on Subsidies Yomna Yasser Jul 15, 2014 0 More than a week after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi slashed fuel subsidies by up to 80 per cent there have been…
Egypt News Egypt’s Deficit Hits 7.1% of GDP in First 9 Months of Current Fiscal Year Yomna Yasser May 1, 2014 0 Egypt's budget deficit reached 7.1 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) in the first nine months of the…
Financial Institutions IMF: Egypt to Need More Financial Support Yomna Yasser Apr 12, 2014 0 Egypt will need further international assistance to put its economy back on track despite receiving huge loans from…
Egypt News Egypt’s Budget Deficit Hits $10.8 bln in Jul-Oct 2013; Report Yomna Yasser Dec 10, 2013 0 Egypt’s budget deficit registered EGP 74.5 billion ($10.8 billion) in the first four months of the current fiscal…
MENA News One Person Killed In Sudanese Protests Over Fuel Subsidies Amwal Al Ghad English Sep 25, 2013 0 One person was killed when anti-government protests and clashes with police erupted in five Sudanese cities on…
Industry & Trade Large Swiss Traders Dominate Fuel Sales To Egypt Yomna Yasser Jun 23, 2013 0 Egypt is relying increasingly on large Swiss trading houses for fuel supplies as it struggles to avoid energy…
Financial Institutions IMF Says Egypt Budget Gap Worrying, Urges Yemen To Finalize Economic Program Yomna Yasser May 22, 2013 0 Egypt's worsening fiscal gap is a concern but the International Monetary Fund is still ready to continue talks on a…
Industry & Trade Egypt To Issue Schedule Next Month For Gradual Fuel Subsidy Cuts Administrator Apr 25, 2013 0 Egypt aims next month to issue a schedule of gradual rises in the subsidized prices various industries pay for…
Industry & Trade Egypt Struggles To Buy Oil As Currency Crisis Deepens Administrator Jan 9, 2013 0 Egypt's currency crisis has intensified its oil supply troubles, as the weaker pound makes it more difficult for…