{"id":576879,"date":"2022-11-01T04:00:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/01\/the-talking-heads-are-still-talking-about-taweem-3-0-plus-112-911-in-egypt\/"},"modified":"2022-11-01T04:00:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T04:00:05","slug":"the-talking-heads-are-still-talking-about-taweem-3-0-plus-112-911-in-egypt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/01\/the-talking-heads-are-still-talking-about-taweem-3-0-plus-112-911-in-egypt\/","title":{"rendered":"The talking heads are still talking about taweem 3.0. Plus: 112 = 911 in Egypt"},"content":{"rendered":"

The post-EGP float economy continued to dominate the conversation on the airwaves <\/strong>last night<\/strong>, with the nation\u2019s talking heads continuing to play down the prospects of rising prices and shortages in the wake of the EGP\u2019s 22% plunge against the greenback. Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamis El Hadidi called for patience and urged citizens to wait for a month as authorities try to get prices under control until the USD price against the EGP stabilizes (watch, runtime: 1:21<\/a>) while several government officials made appearances to explain what the state is doing to minimize hardship caused by the float.<\/p>\n

Among them was Ahmed El Attar, head of the Agriculture Ministry\u2019s quarantine authority, <\/strong>who returned for the second night running to try to calm fears of food shortages and rising prices (watch, runtime: 6:07<\/a>). He described the ongoing shortage of feed as a \u201ctemporary crisis\u201d and said it will be resolved in a few weeks. Thousands of tons of corn and soybeans have been released from ports in the past five days, he said. He reiterated that a slowdown of Ukrainian grain exports won\u2019t threaten Egypt\u2019s food security, though admitted that Russia\u2019s exit from the export pact will likely cause global food prices to spike.<\/p>\n

Also making appearances last night:<\/strong><\/p>\n