{"id":568245,"date":"2020-12-23T03:47:36","date_gmt":"2020-12-23T03:47:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/12\/23\/what-were-tracking-on-23-december-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-12-23T03:47:36","modified_gmt":"2020-12-23T03:47:36","slug":"what-were-tracking-on-23-december-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/12\/23\/what-were-tracking-on-23-december-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking on 23 December 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to Christmas Eve Eve<\/strong>, for those of you who are observing. We can\u2019t say we\u2019re very interested in asking mom and dad for early permission to open <em>just one gift <\/em>that 2020 has left for us under the tree.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The big story this morning: Rania Al Mashat\u2019s International Cooperation Ministry is out with <\/strong><strong>an annual report. <\/strong>Bilingual, with a motion graphics summary for those of us who have the attention spans of fruit flies. It\u2019s smart policy and transparency in one go \u2014 we have the rundown and links in this morning\u2019s news well, below.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s up with the mutant virus market meltdown? <\/strong>US markets were mixed yesterday as optimism over vaccine rollouts and relief packages tempered fears of the spread of a new strain of covid-19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-12-21\/asian-stocks-to-drop-on-virus-angst-dollar-gains-markets-wrap?srnd=premium-middle-east&sref=mmeFTDW1\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports. <strong>Asian shares are up this morning, but futures suggest Wall Street and much of Europe will open in the red <\/strong>later today.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The end of year news slowdown appears to have finally begun<\/strong> (may we all give thanks and praise \u2014 and simultaneously touch wood). One industry that\u2019s giving no sign of slowing down: The fast-growing non-bank financial services sector in general, and the consumer finance business in particular. Witness news yesterday that EFG Hermes\u2019 <strong>Valu<\/strong> will <a href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3mIwZr9\">offer finance<\/a> to shoppers at <strong>Majid Al Futtaim<\/strong> malls and that <strong>Mastercard<\/strong> has inked an agreement with <strong>Carticard<\/strong> \u2014 a partner of <a href=\"http:\/\/egabifsi.com\/\">Egabi FSI<\/a> \u2014 that will allow the Egyptian company to sell loans directly through prepaid cards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wait, isn\u2019t it supposed to be the other way around? <\/strong>Our inner Egyptian nationalist nevertheless welcomes news that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-12-22\/saudi-arabia-sees-foreign-investment-boost-from-india-egypt?sref=mmeFTDW1\">Egypt is leading an FDI surge<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-12-22\/saudi-arabia-sees-foreign-investment-boost-from-india-egypt?sref=mmeFTDW1\">into<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2020-12-22\/saudi-arabia-sees-foreign-investment-boost-from-india-egypt?sref=mmeFTDW1\">Saudi Arabia<\/a>. Bloomberg reports that \u201cSaudi Arabia granted 20% more foreign investment licenses in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, with India and Egypt driving the increase despite efforts to attract American and European interest.\u201d <strong>The kingdom issued nearly 2x as many licenses to Egyptian firms<\/strong> in 3Q as it did to either British or Lebanese outfits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING TODAY-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The UAE is rolling out the Sinopharm vaccine to its entire adult population without <\/strong><strong>charge<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/538db451-b165-4754-be53-da29b268e227\">the Financial Times<\/a> reports. Emirati frontline healthcare workers have been receiving the jabs since September when it was given emergency authorization. Some 1 mn nationals and more than 8 mn foreign residents will now be given access to the shot.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Yes, vaccines are halal:<\/strong> Any shots that use pig derivatives are still halal, Dar Al Iftaa\u2019s Khaled Omran told 90 Minutes\u2019 Osama Kamal, assuaging fears from some Muslims that the vaccines could be religiously prohibited (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=slLFUgYWmUg\">watch, runtime: 5:58<\/a>). Pork gelatin is a common ingredient in vaccines and works to increase their shelf life.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 subscribe-box-panel\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<div class=\"title\">\n<h4 class=\"fw-lighter mb-10\">\n          Get <b style=\"font-weight: 700\">Enterprise<\/b> daily<br \/>\n        <\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-10\">The roundup of news and trends that move your markets and shape corporate agendas delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"egypt\/en\/user\/NewsLetters\" type=\"button \" class=\"btn-green px-3 d-flex align-items-center\">Subscribe here<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>CIRCLE YOUR CALENDAR-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>It\u2019s interest rate day tomorrow:<\/strong> The Central Bank of Egypt meets tomorrow for its final monetary policy meeting of 2020. All 10 analysts and economists <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/adc7216b-dc04-42bf-bfe7-af6108c43533\">we spoke to earlier this week<\/a> expect us to see out the remainder of the year with interest rates unchanged. The CBE has cut rates by 400 bps so far this year, leaving the overnight rate at 8.25% and the lending rate at 9.25%.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Taxpayers have until 31 December to file for a settlement <\/strong>under legislative provisions that <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/6ac71923-d25f-4737-b794-a57cb8c44f9a\">passed earlier this year<\/a>, said <a href=\"https:\/\/alborsaanews.com\/2020\/12\/22\/1407998\">Hesham El Hamawy<\/a>, the Finance Ministry\u2019s advisor for tax disputes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The NYSE, Nasdaq and LSE will all run shorter trading sessions tomorrow <\/strong>in observance of Christmas Eve.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The EGX and banks in Egypt are typically closed on 1 January <\/strong>to close their fiscal years. Look for an announcement next week that 31 December will be off instead.<\/p>\n<p class='web-image'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ent.news\/2020\/1\/Web-view-01.jpg?ssl=1\" alt='enterprise'><\/p>\n<p><strong>*** It\u2019s Hardhat day \u2014 your weekly briefing of all things infrastructure in Egypt:<\/strong> Enterprise\u2019s industry vertical focuses each Wednesday on infrastructure, covering everything from energy, water, transportation, urban development and as well as social infrastructure such as health and education.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In today\u2019s issue: <\/strong>Part 2 of our Year in Review looks at how infrastructure development had to adapt to the turbulence this year through digitization and diversification. From the rise of digital services and digital payments to the development of the smart grid, digitizing our infrastructure was a major theme in 2020 and looks set to continue next year. Meanwhile, the government\u2019s plan to transition to natgas cars became the biggest infrastructure diversification move of the year, while green bonds became the testing ground for our debt diversification strategy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to Christmas Eve Eve, for those of you who are observing. We can\u2019t say we\u2019re very interested in asking mom and dad for early permission to open just one gift that 2020 has left for us under the tree. The big story this morning: Rania Al Mashat\u2019s International Cooperation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"single-feature.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7204],"tags":[271,72,349,180,724,69,74],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-568245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-what-were-tracking-today","tag-central-bank-of-egypt","tag-enterpriseam","tag-interest-rates","tag-legislation","tag-monetary-policy","tag-tax","tag-what-were-tracking-today","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"559634de-fd28-4a68-89ff-3e603def793d","order":"0","is_powered_by":true,"story_type":"4","photo_url":"","photo_position":"above","related_issue":[568243],"teaser":"","voice_url":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What we\u2019re tracking on 23 December 2020 - EnterpriseAM Egypt<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2020\/12\/23\/what-were-tracking-on-23-december-2020\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What we\u2019re tracking on 23 December 2020\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good morning, wonderful people, and welcome to Christmas Eve Eve, for those of you who are observing. 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