Latest in Tag: monetary policy Highlight
Latest in Tag: monetary policy

Pundits expect Central Bank to keep interest rate unchanged in 6th monetary policy meeting for 2021
MPC decided, on 5 August, to maintain basic interest rates with CBE, at 8.25% for deposit, 9.25% for lending, and 8.75% for main operation at CBE

Central Bank of Egypt to hold 8 monetary policy meetings in 2021
CBE to discuss future interest rates of Egyptian pound next Thursday

MPs suggest change in monetary policy punctuated by floating exchange rate
House of Representatives will request Governor of CBE disclose his strategy in dealing with the dollar crisis

Monetary policy coordinating council to hold first meeting at cabinet Thursday
The council will discuss the future of interest rates on the pound and the developments of inflation rates, says senior official

Opinion: ECB monetary policy runs amok
The European Central Bank’s decision to leave interest rates near zero shows little sign of helping the real economy. The cheap money policy is causing more harm than good, DW’s Rolf Wenkel thinks. The leading interest rate at which the European Central Bank (ECB) lends money to commercial banks for overnight loans has been at …

Depreciating EGP postpones foreign investments
Foreign investors are sure that the Egyptian pound will be devalued further

CBE governor, FEI representatives discuss industry problems
This year is the one most challenging years for monetary policy, says Hisham Ramez

CBE fixes its basic return rates
“The MPC decision was highly expected in light of CBE’s keenness to activate investment, move the economy and not to increase the burdens of local debt,” said Haitham Abdel Fattah

B-/B ratings affirmed, Al-Sisi expected to win: Standard and Poor’s
S&P notes that violence may escalate if “social elements” are radicalised, which will result in the continuous weakening fiscal and external accounts
MENA monetary policy is expansionary and will remain so: Emirates NBD
Egypt’s credit grew 20.7% year on year in January

Budget transparency essential to economic recovery: report
The research, titled The Illusion Dispelled, was focused on identifying the economic predicaments and policy shortcomings that lead to the national economic crisis.