Egypt News Egypt hikes drinking water and sewage charges by up to 50% Yomna Yasser Aug 3, 2017 0 Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi signed off Wednesday on measures to increase drinking water and sewage fees…
Banks Egypt’s foreign reserves jump to $36.04 bln, highest since Dec 2010 Yomna Yasser Aug 1, 2017 0 Egypt’s foreign reserves soared to $36.036 billion at the end of July, the highest level since December 2010, the…
Banks Egypt’s external debt rises 9.7% to $73.88 billion in three months Yomna Yasser Jul 31, 2017 0 Egypt’s external debt rose 9.7 percent from December 2016, to March 2017, according to the monthly report of the…
Financial Institutions IMF says dollar is overvalued by 10-20% Yomna Yasser Jul 29, 2017 0 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that the U.S. dollar was overvalued by 10 percent to 20…
Financial Institutions IMF keeps global growth forecast unchanged, Eurozone, Japan to accelerate Yomna Yasser Jul 24, 2017 0 Despite slashing the economic growth outlook for the U.S. and U.K., the International Monetary Fund has kept its…
Banks Egypt’s CBE receives 2nd tranche of IMF loan Yomna Yasser Jul 19, 2017 0 The second tranche of the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan to Egypt, $1.25 billion, has entered the…
Financial Institutions Egypt’s central bank receives second disbursal $1.25 bln of IMF loan Yomna Yasser Jul 18, 2017 0 Egypt’s central bank (CBE) has received Tuesday the second and final disbursal of the first $4 billion tranche of a…
Financial Institutions IMF strongly supports Egypt’s economic reforms Yomna Yasser Jul 15, 2017 0 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) strongly supports Egypt’s economic reform programme, the fund’s mission chief…
Financial Institutions Largarde praises Egypt’s measures on economic reforms Yomna Yasser Jul 15, 2017 0 The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has praised Egypt's reform measures, saying…
Financial Institutions IMF approves dispersal of final $1.25 bln in first tranche of Egypt loan Yomna Yasser Jul 15, 2017 0 The International Monetary Fund’s executive board has approved the first review of a $12 billion loan to Egypt and…