{"id":562096,"date":"2021-05-06T04:07:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-06T04:07:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/05\/06\/foreign-reserves-essentially-flat-in-april\/"},"modified":"2021-05-06T04:07:34","modified_gmt":"2021-05-06T04:07:34","slug":"foreign-reserves-essentially-flat-in-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/05\/06\/foreign-reserves-essentially-flat-in-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign reserves essentially flat in April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt\u2019s F<\/strong><strong>X reserves <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d7eb014a-7dba-4039-a668-758f35c23c21\">held steady at USD 40.3 bn<\/a><\/strong><strong> in April<\/strong>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbe.org.eg\/en\/Pages\/HighlightsPages\/NIR-April-2021.aspx\">Central Bank<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbe.org.eg\/en\/Pages\/HighlightsPages\/NIR-April-2021.aspx\">of Egypt figures<\/a>. Foreign reserves had risen by USD 140 mn in March after shooting up <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/fb024ebc-ab76-40e9-bad8-2981bb92c5c2\">almost USD 800 mn<\/a> in December 2020 to their highest level <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/bf372f6c-8044-4c64-9054-8c506d63a4a8\">since last April<\/a>, following a drop during the height of the covid-19 pandemic from their February 2020 peak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s FX reserves held steady at USD 40.3 bn in April, according to Central Bankof Egypt figures. 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