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Last Night's Talk Shows: Interest rates, gold prices, and the presidential election
It was another mixed bag on the airwaves last night, with the pundits covering tomorrow’s policy meeting at the Central Bank of Egypt, rising gold prices, the National Dialogue on upcoming presidential elections, and an ancient Greek discovery on the Mediterranean coast. #1- Interest rates: “The CBE will likely hold rates,” EFG Hermes' Mohamed Abu […]
Ancient Egypt, Greek artifacts discovered in Mediterranean. PLUS: AUC receives USAID grant
An Egyptian-French team of archaeologists uncovered ancient Egyptian, Greek artifacts in the Mediterranean
OPEC Fund to help Egypt fund commodities imports. PLUS: AUC receives USAID grant
The fund is contributing to the ITFC’s USD 200 mn loan to fund commodity imports
Global growth to slow to 2.7% next year -OECD
Excluding 2020, this would be the slowest rate of growth since the global financial crisis
Saudi Arabia suspends normalization talks with Israel -Elaph
Did Riyadh just break off normalization talks with Israel? That’s according to the London-based news outlet Elaph, which reported last week that Saudi Arabia has told the US that it is stopping discussions because right-wing Israeli ministers were refusing to make concessions to the Palestinians, citing an official from Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. Denials […]
SEPTEMBER 19-20 September (Tuesday-Wednesday): Federal Reserve interest rate meeting. 19-26 September (Tuesday-Tuesday): UN General Assembly, New York. 20-23 September (Wednesday-Saturday): Cityscape Egypt, Egypt International Exhibition Center, Cairo. 20 September (Wednesday): DMZ Cairo Demo Day 21 September (Thursday): Central Bank of Egypt’s Monetary Policy Committee meeting. 23-29 September (Saturday-Friday): Engineering Export Council of Egypt Iraqi trade […]
THIS EVENING: NEA to announce timeline + procedures for presidential elections next week. Plus: Rolling Plus is investing USD 1 bn in a new tire factory
Happy almost-THURSDAY, friends. We’re racing towards the end of the week — and, soon, the end of the month — as the news cycle picks up steam here at home. THE BIG STORIES TODAY #1- We’re going to know more about the upcoming presidential elex next week: The National Elections Authority (NEA) will hold a […]