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Inflation unexpectedly up, after easing for four months straight: <\/strong>Annual urban inflation jumped 5.9 percentage points to 35.7% in February from the month before<\/a> on the back of an unexpected jump in food prices, according to figures from state statistics agency Capmas. <\/p>\n

Monthly inflation tells the same story: <\/strong>Monthly inflation climbed to 11.4% in February, up from 1.6% the month before. This marks Egypt\u2019s highest m-o-m jump in inflation, according to Bloomberg-compiled<\/a> data that goes back to 2007.<\/p>\n

Core Inflation accelerates<\/strong>:<\/strong> Annual core inflation \u2014 which excludes volatile items such as food and fuel \u2014 rose to 35.1% in February, up from 29% in January, according to central bank figures<\/a>. Meanwhile, monthly core inflation surged to 6.1% from 2.2% in January.<\/p>\n

No one saw this coming: <\/strong>Inflation had been cooling<\/a> for four consecutive months after reaching a record 38.0% in September and reached its lowest level in a year in January, convincing policymakers and analysts alike that the economy was on a disinflationary path. Annual urban inflation was expected to slow to 25.1% on the back of a favorable base effect, according to a median forecast of 14 analysts in a poll by Reuters<\/a> published over the weekend, with some even expecting the rate to cool to as low as 23.6%. <\/p>\n

Food and beverage prices are culprit #1: <\/strong>Food and beverage prices \u2014 the largest component of the basket of goods and services used to calculate inflation \u2014 climbed by 50.9% y-o-y and 16.7% m-o-m in February.<\/p>\n

But it wasn\u2019t just food and beverage prices to blame this time round: <\/strong>Naeem Brokerage\u2019s Allen Sandeep told Bloomberg that \u201cunexpectedly large spikes\u201d in food, health, and education prices drove an increase in inflation. The sector that faced the biggest increase in prices was alcohol and tobacco, coming in at 93.5% y-o-y and 8.5% m-o-m for the month.<\/p>\n

The parallel market also deserves some of the blame:<\/strong> The \u201cspike in the EGP\u2019s parallel rate during the month to historical highs before it trended lower\u201d also contributed to the unexpected jump in inflation, according to EFG Hermes\u2019 Mohamed Abu Basha told Bloomberg.<\/p>\n

Some were expecting an uptick in inflation to come, but not in February: <\/strong>The unexpected increase in inflation reflects prices in the month before the central bank floated the EGP and moved forward with a jumbo rate hike, which some believe will add additional inflationary pressures. The government is also expected to push ahead with a round of subsidy cuts that will increase the costs of consumer goods.<\/p>\n

But others argue that the float could help us tackle inflation: <\/strong>Some commodity prices \u2014 such as the price of cooking oil \u2014 have already started to decline, Federation of Chambers of Commerce Secretary-General Alaa Ezz said<\/a> on Thursday. The return of FX liquidity to the official banking system should also increase the supply of goods, leading to competition that will help drive prices down, Ezz added. On top of this, goods in store were prices at an implied exchange rate of around EGP 70 against the greenback, which should mean that we will soon see a fall in prices as sellers reprice goods \u2014 the USD was selling for EGP49.15-49.30 <\/strong>when banks closed yesterday.<\/p>\n

ICYMI- <\/strong>The central bank made it crystal clear<\/a> when it floated the currency last week that the country will \u201ccontinue the transition to a flexible inflation targeting regime \u2026 and continue to target inflation as its nominal anchor.\u201d This has been a long-held directive<\/a> from the IMF during its loan negotiations with the government.<\/p>\n

The uptick in inflation may make our local debt look much less attractive to investors: <\/strong>On the day after the float, the central bank reportedly raised<\/a> EGP 87.8 bn in a one-year t-bill auction and JPMorgan along with Citigroup recommended that its clients stock up, but\u201chigh inflation readings cast their shadows on currency expectations as well as the local debt market\u201d Al Ahly Pharos economist Esraa Ahmed told Enterprise. \u201cThe local debt market is expected to benefit from the recent CBE measures, yet surprisingly high inflation readings might lessen or slow down such benefits,\u201d Ahmed explained. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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