{"id":608085,"date":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/10\/15\/we-want-usd-2-bn-more-from-imf-to-bring-our-assistance-program-to-usd-5-bn-a-report-claims\/"},"modified":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T00:00:00","slug":"we-want-usd-2-bn-more-from-imf-to-bring-our-assistance-program-to-usd-5-bn-a-report-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2023\/10\/15\/we-want-usd-2-bn-more-from-imf-to-bring-our-assistance-program-to-usd-5-bn-a-report-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"We want USD 2 bn more from IMF to bring our assistance program to USD 5 bn, a report claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>What\u2019s an extra USD 2 bn between friends?<\/strong>The Madbouly government is in talks with the IMF to raise its USD 3 bn loan program to more than USD 5 bn, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-10-13\/egypt-seeks-to-boost-imf-loan-over-5-billion-amid-currency-woes\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> reports, citing unnamed sources. The Fund will need to sign off on the first two reviews of the program before any announcement is made topping up the loan, the people said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Remember:<\/strong> The IMF postponed reviews scheduled for March and September after authorities failed to meet several conditions of the facility, including a commitment to implement a fully flexible exchange rate. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>We could know more before the end of the month: <\/strong>The IMF will announce by the end of October when it will conduct its reviews, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/bit.ly\/3LWJjmL\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Al Arabiya<\/a> in an interview on Saturday. IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said earlier in the week that the Fund is in \u201cclose engagement\u201d with the government about setting the dates but didn\u2019t offer further details. Maait <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d46ba8bf-1e15-4d11-810a-d9e5721aeed6\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">said last week<\/a> that the reviews will be completed before the end of the year. Passing the reviews would see the Fund disburse USD 700 mn under the loan program, along with USD 1.3 bn under its <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.imf.org\/en\/About\/Factsheets\/Sheets\/2023\/Resilience-Sustainability-Facility-RSF\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Resilience and Sustainability Facility<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Extra money comes = extra conditions.<\/strong> Look for the IMF to request that the government undertake more far-reaching structural reforms in return for bumping up the size of the assistance program. Bloomberg did not have further details about the nature of the conversations, though its sources said that no agreement has been made.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>An upscaled program has been floated recently by some analysts<\/strong>, including Hany Geneina who <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/c4c99b98-6ac1-44ac-92fc-525f702f20e4\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">told us earlier this month<\/a> that the Fund could increase the loan in return for a commitment to undertaking reforms early in 2024 including the currency float and a lifting of energy subsidies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>\u201cEgypt has made good progress on a number of fronts,\u201d<\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-10-12\/egypt-and-imf-working-to-set-date-for-mission-on-delayed-review\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a> quotes Georgieva as saying on Thursday. Cabinet has made headway on asset sales, fiscal policy, and monetary policy reform, she said at the IMF and World Bank annual meetings in Morocco. Georgieva said going into the meetings that we would continue to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/34d82cce-f4dd-436a-b2d7-ef783c0903de\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cbleed\u201d reserves<\/a> if the currency is not devalued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>USD 1.5 BN IN FRESH BORROWING THIS QUARTER-<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Panda + Samurai bond issuances this quarter<\/strong>? The government expects to borrow at least USD 1.5 bn between now and the end of the year, Maait told <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-10-12\/egypt-lines-up-1-5-billion-in-funding-with-panda-samurai-deals\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Bloomberg<\/a>. This includes the planned USD 500 mn issuances of CNY-denominated bonds in October and JPY-denominated bonds in November. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b14c48be-738f-45a5-8d23-28974b1f7d4c\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">African Development Bank<\/a> (AfDB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have guaranteed up to USD 545 mn of the panda bonds, the minister added. The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/b14c48be-738f-45a5-8d23-28974b1f7d4c\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">AfDB<\/a> is covering USD 345 mn and the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/egypt\/en\/news\/story\/d6459246-e267-4100-8f16-9fbcf01109ba\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">AIIB<\/a> USD 200 mn.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>A syndicated bank loan:<\/strong> The government hopes to reach an agreement this month with a syndicate of banks for a USD 500 mn loan, Maait told the news outlet. He didn\u2019t disclose which lenders it is in talks with but said that Kuwaiti ins. company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dhaman.net\/en\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Dhaman<\/a> could guarantee the loan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Madbouly government wants to raise the size of the USD 3 bn to a total of USD 5 bn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":608086,"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":[7206],"tags":[88,104,72,276,272,1368,277],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-608085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","tag-debt-watch","tag-economy","tag-enterpriseam","tag-finance-ministry","tag-imf","tag-kristalina-georgieva","tag-mohamed-maait","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"cd3e36a4-25a3-4129-9e86-f88ce45ca113","order":"0","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2023\/10\/694.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Egypt wants to increase its IMF loan to more than USD 5 bn, Bloomberg says. 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