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Private credit funds hit by tighter lending
Private credit funds are facing a liquidity squeeze as rising borrowing costs and stricter bank lending force a shift toward…
UN taps Egypt’s former planning minister Rania Al Mashat to head Escwa
Al Mashat returns to the global stage after her eight-year cabinet run ended last February
Growing stablecoin use threatens monetary control in emerging markets
Stablecoins have become a tool for bypassing government-imposed restrictions on foreign currency access
US investors lean into defense amid rising global conflict
Investors are embedding defense into long-term portfolios as geopolitical uncertainty becomes the baseline
Markets seem to discount war-related risk with record rallies
Stocks around the world are rallying, but policymakers think markets are discounting the economic fallout of the war
China’s exports decelerate on disruption from Gulf war, seasonal distortions
Exports rose just 2.5% y-o-y in March, while imports increased by 28% y-o-y
FinMin targets a 28% jump in tax revenues for FY 2026/27
The target is a central pillar of the state's plan to narrow its total funding gap to EGP 2.7 tn.
IMF slashes down GDP forecasts globally with dispersed war scenarios
MENA region sees the most significant slip by a 2.8 percentage points down from 3.9%
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