Tarek El-Tablawy
Editor at Bloomberg News
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5 days ago |
financialpost.com | Mirette Magdy |Tarek El-Tablawy
Article content(Bloomberg) — Egyptian inflation slightly accelerated for a second month, an anticipated quickening driven by a cut in fuel subsidies that’s unlikely to put the brakes on a long-awaited monetary-easing cycle. Sign In or Create an AccountArticle contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.
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5 days ago |
bloomberg.com | Mirette Magdy |Tarek El-Tablawy
Food and beverage prices, the largest single component of the inflation basket, climbed 6% year-on-year, compared with 6.6% in March. (Bloomberg) -- Egyptian inflation slightly accelerated for a second month, an anticipated quickening driven by a cut in fuel subsidies that’s unlikely to put the brakes on a long-awaited monetary-easing cycle. Consumer prices in urban areas grew an annual 13.9% in April versus 13.6% the month before, Egypt’s main statistics body said Saturday.
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3 weeks ago |
news.bloombergtax.com | Mirette Magdy |Tarek El-Tablawy
Egypt cut interest rates for the first time in almost five years, potentially spurring investment key to an economic rebound while easing some of the Middle East’s highest debt-servicing costs. The central bank reduced the benchmark deposit rate by 225 basis points to 25%, the Monetary Policy Committee said Thursday in a statement. The lending rate was lowered by the same amount to 26%. Five of eight economists surveyed by Bloomberg had predicted the long-awaited bout of monetary easing.
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3 weeks ago |
bloomberg.com | Mirette Magdy |Tarek El-Tablawy
Shoppers in the Attaba district of Cairo, Egypt. (Bloomberg) -- Egypt cut interest rates for the first time in almost five years, potentially spurring investment key to an economic rebound while easing some of the Middle East’s highest debt-servicing costs. The central bank reduced the benchmark deposit rate by 225 basis points to 25%, the Monetary Policy Committee said Thursday in a statement. The lending rate was lowered by the same amount to 26%.
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1 month ago |
bloomberg.com | Tarek El-Tablawy
Residential and commercial buildings in Cairo, Egypt. (Bloomberg) -- Egypt and Qatar said they agreed to “work toward” a $7.5 billion investment package for the North African nation that’ll be enacted over an unspecified period. The announcement, which came as Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi wrapped up a visit to Qatar to discuss regional issues, was made in statements from the two countries on Monday. They didn’t provide further details.
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