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Egypt public debt reaches record LE1.386 trillion
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Egypt public debt reaches record LE1.386 trillion

Domestic public debt in Egypt has reached an unprecedented LE1.386 trillion according to Finance Ministry indices based on a report…
Foreign exchange reserves increase
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Foreign exchange reserves increase

Foreign exchange reserves increased by about US$685 million at the end of August after Qatar gave $500 million, the first…
Egypt’s Central Bank sells 513 mn euros of T-bills
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Egypt’s Central Bank sells 513 mn euros of T-bills

Egypt's Central Bank sold 513 million euros (US$642 million) worth of euro-denominated T-bills at an inaugural auction on Tuesday, and…
Central Bank: Economy to grow under 2 percent in 2012
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Central Bank: Economy to grow under 2 percent in 2012

Egypt's economic growth will slow to under two percent this year from 2.5 per cent last year because of political…
Arab Monetary Fund in $65 million loan to Egypt
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Arab Monetary Fund in $65 million loan to Egypt

ABU DHABI  — The Arab Monetary Fund (AMF) said on Sunday it was arranging a $65 million credit facility for Egypt…
Central Bank to start 28-day repos in July
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Central Bank to start 28-day repos in July

Egypt's Central Bank will introduce 28-day repurchase agreements (repos) on 10 July, a move one banker said was designed to…
Islamists draft code to boost Islamic banks
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Islamists draft code to boost Islamic banks

The political party of the Muslim Brotherhood, which has the biggest bloc in Parliament, is proposing changes to the banking…
Central Bank: Balance of payments deficit at US$11.2 bn, inflation 7.2%
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Central Bank: Balance of payments deficit at US$11.2 bn, inflation 7.2%

Egypt's balance of payments slid deeper into the red in the first nine months of 2011–2012 with a deficit of…
Finance Ministry to offer LE2.5 bn in reopened bonds
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Finance Ministry to offer LE2.5 bn in reopened bonds

The Finance Ministry will offer LE2.5 billion (US$414.1 million) in reopened bonds at an auction on 23 April, the Central…
Foreign reserves fall to US$15 billion
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Foreign reserves fall to US$15 billion

Egypt's net foreign reserves fell to US$15.12 billion at the end of March from $15.72 billion a month earlier, the…
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