{"id":563651,"date":"2021-07-12T04:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-12T04:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/07\/12\/egypts-external-debt-jumps-in-3q-2020-2021\/"},"modified":"2021-07-12T04:00:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T04:00:17","slug":"egypts-external-debt-jumps-in-3q-2020-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2021\/07\/12\/egypts-external-debt-jumps-in-3q-2020-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt\u2019s external debt jumps in 3Q 2020-2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>Egypt\u2019s external debt jumped by 21% in 3Q2020-2021<\/strong> to USD 134.8 bn, compared to USD 111.3 bn in the same period in the previous fiscal year, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2U315wW\">central bank figures<\/a><sup><\/sup><sup><\/sup> released yesterday. On a quarterly basis, external debt increased 4.3% from USD 129.2 bn in the second quarter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blame lower foreign inflows:<\/strong> In May <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/1fd134ec-624a-4402-b295-075903f03f50\">S&P forecast<\/a> that Egypt\u2019s external debt would continue to deteriorate during the remainder of the fiscal year due to lower foreign inflows.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This should change in the coming months<\/strong> as tourism revenues and Suez Canal receipts continue to rebound, resulting in a \u201cgradual improvement\u201d of government debt levels, the ratings agency said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OTHER ECONOMY NEWS-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Egyptian economy grew at a 2.8% clip in FY2020-2021<\/strong>, Planning Minister Hala El Said told <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/2UH4m4Z\">CNBC Arabia<\/a> in what we\u2019re assuming are preliminary growth figures for the fiscal year that finished less than two weeks ago. The minister didn\u2019t provide a growth figure for the fourth quarter of the fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a slowdown from <\/strong><strong>the <\/strong><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/422458d6-8b81-411d-856a-d45787d8866e\">3.6%<\/a><\/strong><strong> recorded in FY2019-2020<\/strong> that witnessed a 1.7% contraction in the fourth quarter due to the covid-19 pandemic and the government\u2019s lockdown measures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A return to normalcy this year?<\/strong> The Finance Ministry expects the Egyptian economy to return to near pre-pandemic growth levels, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6f10ef3d-eec0-4f11-a112-c1dee1ee9780\">expanding at a 5.4% clip<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Egypt\u2019s external debt jumped by 21% in 3Q2020-2021 to USD 134.8 bn, compared to USD 111.3 bn in the same period in the previous fiscal year, according to central bank figures released yesterday. On a quarterly basis, external debt increased 4.3% from USD 129.2 bn in the second quarter. 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