The nation’s talking heads remain fixated on the economy for the third night running, bringing us coverage of commodity price hikes and what the government is doing to tackle the issue.

The latest victim of soaring commodity prices: Unsubsidized bread, which saw its prices rise on the back of a 35% jump in flour prices, exchange rate instability, and higher wages paid out to employees in bakeries, Khaled Sabri, a member of the bakeries division at the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, told Kelma Akhira’s Lamess El Hadidi (watch, runtime: 11:48). “We have asked the Supply Ministry to intervene … Consumers cannot afford to spend EGP 2 on a single 70-gram loaf of bread,” he added.

The unstable foreign exchange rate is to blame, El Hadidi said (watch, runtime: 7:34), explaining that whatever steps the government takes to tame prices will be useless without addressing the core issue — the FX rate. “The government is coordinating with the central bank to solve the exchange rate problem,” cabinet spokesman Mohamed El Homsani told El Hadidi in response.

AND- Talking heads voiced their frustration with the Egyptian Football Association after the Pharaoh lost to DR Congo on Sunday and ended their Afcon journey at the round 16 stage. “What else can we expect from a failed association … Egyptian football is drowning thanks to this chaotic organization,” El Hadidi said. (watch, runtime: 9:48). The frustration echoed through the airwaves on Ala Maso’uleety (watch, runtime: 3:25) and Masa’a DMC (watch, runtime: 7:07).

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