What We’re Tracking

What we’re tracking this week

It’s interest rate week, and the folks on the sell side aren’t so certain we’ll see a rate cut: The…

What we’re tracking this week

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is due in Cairo today ahead of a meeting with Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry…

What we’re tracking this week

Sudan and Egypt’s foreign ministers and intelligence service chiefs will meet in Cairo tomorrow to resolve “outstanding issues” between Cairo…

What we’re tracking this week

We’re expecting an announcement sometime this week on the USD 4-5 bn eurobond issuance. Finance Minister Amr El Garhy said…

What we’re tracking this week

Egypt is hosting the fintech and digital economy conference “Seamless North Africa” (pdf) tomorrow. The two-day conference, which the CBE…

It’s PMI day tomorrow: Egypt’s Emirates NBD purchasing managers’ index reading for January will be announced on Monday, 5 February.…

What we’re tracking this week

New railway ticket prices could be announced as early as this week, now that the Transport Ministry has signed off…

What we’re tracking this week

Railway ticket prices will rise before the week is out, not at the end of June as was previously announced,…