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Out with the in-kind, in with the banknotes
Farmers could soon be getting cash subsidies for fertilizers instead of in-kind subsidies, after President Abdel Fattah El Sisi called…
2021: The year of patching up friendships
On the diplomacy front, 2021 was the year of mending fences — and another year of international stalling on GERD:…
The macro picture of our 2021 recovery
Our 2021 recovery by the numbers: Following a difficult first year of the pandemic, 2021 saw the economy starting to…
PM Moustafa Madbouly to chair financial stability committee + Tamer Aly becomes Valeo software development center GM
Top brass from the government and Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) will sit on a joint committee to align monetary…
Inflation officially isn’t transitory anymore
Scrap the “transitory” talk: Inflation is now “persistent,” according to the world’s most influential central banks, who cemented their hawkish…
THIS MORNING: CBE gathers for its final policy meeting today + new GAFI services unit for EGX-listed companies + school’s out in Alexandria (again)
Good morning, friends, and welcome to the final day of the workweek. We’re looking forward to the weekend, even though…
THIS MORNING: Ads are now subject to VAT, but not the stamp tax. Plus: Fate of sugar tax still unclear.
Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to yet another busy December morning. We have a ton of news to get…
Are we entering the era of post-pandemic austerity?
Governments are widely scaling back massive fiscal programs that had helped push economies through covid — a trend that, contrary…
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