food prices
Turkey’s Erdogan fails to get double-digit inflation under control
Middle East
January 31, 2021
Turkey’s Erdogan fails to get double-digit inflation under control
Turkey’s economic woes are nothing new. The country’s official currency, the lira, has been on a downward slide for the past two…
Egypt’s inflation rate hits 2.7%: CAPMAS
Business
December 11, 2019
Egypt’s inflation rate hits 2.7%: CAPMAS
Egypt’s annual inflation rate has hit 2.7 percent this month, up from 2.4 percent in October and compared to 15.6…
Egypt’s Inflation rate decreases to 2.4% in October: CAPMAS
Economy
November 9, 2019
Egypt’s Inflation rate decreases to 2.4% in October: CAPMAS
The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) said on Saturday that the annual rate of Egypt’s inflation declined…
Inflation rate rose to 29.8 percent in June: CAPMAS
Business
July 10, 2017
Inflation rate rose to 29.8 percent in June: CAPMAS
The annual urban inflation rose to 29.8 percent in June from 29.7 percent in May, the Central Agency for Public…
Annual food inflation rate jumps by 41.7%: CAPMAS
Business
March 9, 2017
Annual food inflation rate jumps by 41.7%: CAPMAS
The annual food and beverage inflation rates jumped by 41.7 percent in February 2017, according to the a report by…
Army distributes 8 million food packages at half price
Egypt
November 2, 2016
Army distributes 8 million food packages at half price
Egypt's armed forces have prepared eight million packages of subsidised food for distribution to citizens nationwide, in line with instructions…
Citizens mob vehicles selling subsidized foodstuffs at discounted prices
Business
October 14, 2016
Citizens mob vehicles selling subsidized foodstuffs at discounted prices
Thousands of people in the city of Matariyya, in Daqahlia governorate, crowded around vehicles selling subsidized foodstuffs and gas cylinders…
Cost of rice increasing due to smuggling: supply minister
Egypt
June 15, 2016
Cost of rice increasing due to smuggling: supply minister
Supply Minister Khaled Hanafy has blamed this year's rice shortage on cross-border smuggling, with Egyptian rice merchants selling abroad in…
PM instructs Cabinet task force to tackle food prices ahead of Ramadan
Egypt
June 3, 2016
PM instructs Cabinet task force to tackle food prices ahead of Ramadan
Prime Minister Sherif Ismail has instructed the Cabinet's task force committee to address the recent hikes in the prices of…
We will keep basic goods prices stable despite dollar crisis: Sisi
Business
April 14, 2016
We will keep basic goods prices stable despite dollar crisis: Sisi
Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday he would make sure the price of basic goods does not increase,…