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Egypt’s BoP swings to a USD 2.8 bn surplus in FY 2025/26 as FDI covers most of a wider current account gap
The IMF upgraded Egypt’s GDP growth projections but sees current account deficit widening at 4.4% of GDP in 2026
Egypt’s economy grew 5.1% in FY 2025/26, beating the IMF’s forecast
Good morning, folks. Today we’re minding the gap between what’s planned on paper and what’s actually working in practice with…
Business confidence hits four-year high in July, even though PMI stays in contraction
Softer price pressures lifted expectations, but firms kept cutting output, jobs, and purchases as order books fell for the seventh…
IMF board signs off on seventh review, clearing USD 1.8 bn disbursement
With USD 1.8 bn arriving tomorrow, the government has until December to clear the final review and unlock the program’s…
Non-oil private sector hits 3.5-year low in June as conflict weighs on demand
The headline reading dropped to 46.0 from 47.1 in May — the sixth consecutive month in the red
Gov’t lowers medium-term economic growth target to 6.8%
Ongoing regional conflicts and global economic shocks have forced the government to revise its medium-term economic targets down to 6.8%
Our domestic savings rate fell to 1.2% of GDP in FY 2024/25 from 6.1%
The collapse is less about discipline and more about inflation eroding disposable income to the point where most households have…
CBE says single-digit inflation unlikely till 2H 2027 as war reshapes outlook
Single-digit inflation is no longer expected before the second half of 2027
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