{"id":586718,"date":"2023-05-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/16\/former-blom-bank-egypt-deputy-doesnt-think-the-cbe-will-raise-rates-this-week\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T00:00:00","slug":"former-blom-bank-egypt-deputy-doesnt-think-the-cbe-will-raise-rates-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/05\/16\/former-blom-bank-egypt-deputy-doesnt-think-the-cbe-will-raise-rates-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Blom Bank Egypt deputy doesn\u2019t think the CBE will raise rates this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">A calmer than usual night on the airwaves <\/span><span style=\"\">brought us coverage of the upcoming Central <\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">Bank of Egypt (CBE) monetary policy meeting, chicken feed prices, and the Turkish elections. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">Another vote for the CBE leaving rates unchanged: <\/span><span style=\"\">\u201cAll the signs point towards the central <\/span><span>bank leaving rates unchanged,\u201d former Blom Bank Egypt deputy managing director Tarek Metwally told Kelma Akhira\u2019s Lamees El Hadidi (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=10RHnp1lsI4\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 7:01<\/a><\/span><span>). Metwally joins seven other analysts from our <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/e063fd73-c419-4c91-ba42-b7a3ab699ab4\" style=\"\">interest rate poll<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> who expect the CBE to hold rates when it meets on Thursday. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">There is more to inflation than interest rates: <\/span><span style=\"\">With a lot of the inflation being driven by <\/span><span>exchange-rate weakness and a shortage of USDs, Metwally advocated that the central bank raise rates after the country sees new FX inflows. \u201cInterest rates are no longer the only tool to help soaring inflation seeing Egypt\u2019s current circumstances,\u201d he added, echoing r<\/span><span>ecent statements by <\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/7c21c86c-40a9-40f1-8e97-0dc7f259a895\" style=\"\">CBE Governor Hassan Abdalla<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The CBE needs to wait and see: <\/span><span style=\"\">The bank needs to \u201cwait and see\u201d the impact of the slowing <\/span><span>inflation, he said, noting that gold prices and t<\/span><span>he price of USDs in the black market<\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\"> have slipped in recent days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The talking heads checked in on the poultry market <\/span><span style=\"\">after t<\/span><span style=\"\">he government announced plans <\/span><span>to release some 380k tons of feed over the coming week. Government efforts to release feed have already caused corn prices to drop to EGP 14k per ton from EGP 18k last month, Tharwat El Zeiny, deputy chairman of the Egyptian Poultry Association, told Ala Mas\u2019ouleety (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IZzuSuZuV-c\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 6:42<\/a><\/span><span>). Falling feed prices drop will help to calm chicken and meat prices, which have soared to record highs in recent weeks. El Zeiny also joined Kelma Akhira to discuss the matter (<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration-skip-ink:none;-webkit-text-decoration-skip:none;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fCI4-I7TAVo\" style=\"\">watch, runtime: 4:38<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight:400;\">).<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><span style=\"font-weight:700\">The Turkish election got some airtime: <\/span><span style=\"\">Turkey will hold a runoff vote later this month after <\/span><span>president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his main opponent, social democrat Kemal Kilicdaroglu, both failed to secure 50% of the votes. 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