{"id":577375,"date":"2022-11-21T04:00:07","date_gmt":"2022-11-21T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/21\/central-bank-to-end-support-for-subsidized-loans\/"},"modified":"2022-11-21T04:00:07","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T04:00:07","slug":"central-bank-to-end-support-for-subsidized-loans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2022\/11\/21\/central-bank-to-end-support-for-subsidized-loans\/","title":{"rendered":"Central bank to end support for subsidized loans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a id=\"tldr-story-06\" class=\"content-anchor\"><\/a> <strong>The Central Bank of Egypt is going to stop providing funding for <\/strong><strong>subsidized loans<\/strong> and pass the responsibility to the housing, finance and tourism ministries, under a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alborsaanews.com\/2022\/11\/20\/1599786\">decree<\/a> issued by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly in the Official Gazette yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Refresher:<\/strong> For the past couple of years, the CBE has run initiatives designed to improve access to finance for key areas of the economy. <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7556d5f4-f4be-40a0-b383-00d317400ee5\">Tourism companies<\/a>, industrial and\u00a0 constuction companies, low- and middle-income <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/4250ebc9-8475-4870-a563-a456f694e7f6\">homebuyers<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8feda0dc-e14e-4c0a-81ab-23d679fa27ac\">farmers<\/a> wanting to invest in water-efficient irrigation systems, and people applying for the government\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/2b32a76e-edee-488e-bb81-5700f30f1229\">dual-fuel vehicle swap scheme<\/a> have all been able to take out loans from commercial banks at preferential interest rates subsidized by the central bank.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now the ministries are on the hook:<\/strong> The housing, finance and tourism ministries will now be responsible for funding the subsidized rates. The Finance Ministry has been tasked with running an audit on the initiatives and making a decision on how (or whether) to take them forward without CBE support.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mortgage support cut back:<\/strong> The <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/8d024c4e-b8e6-4f20-b6df-b5117a7521c6\">EGP 50 bn program<\/a> launched in 2020 to help middle earners get mortgages has been reduced to EGP 15 bn, according to the decision.<\/p>\n<p><strong>We saw this one coming:<\/strong> In the weeks leading up to <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/ddd263a4-f28f-47d4-90e2-e93c3db56a26\">last month\u2019s loan agreement<\/a> with the IMF, reports in the press had suggested that ending subsidized loans was one of the conditions attached to fresh financing. Three government sources had told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asharqbusiness.com\/article\/40925\">Bloomberg Asharq<\/a> that the Fund was pushing the central bank to \u201cunify interest rates\u201d and end the low-interest loans. <strong>Was this a condition of the IMF pact? <\/strong>We\u2019ll find out in December when the body\u2019s executive board is scheduled to meet to approve the agreement with Egypt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>No backsliding allowed:<\/strong> All entities, including the CBE itself, will be banned from financing new initiatives or amending existing ones that would increase burdens on public finances without cabinet approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Egypt is going to stop providing funding for subsidized loans and pass the responsibility to the housing, finance and tourism ministries, under a decree issued by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly in the Official Gazette yesterday. 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