{"id":624369,"date":"2018-09-06T03:50:34","date_gmt":"2018-09-06T03:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/06\/external-shocks-have-hindered-egypts-economic-growth-says-maait\/"},"modified":"2018-09-06T03:50:34","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T03:50:34","slug":"external-shocks-have-hindered-egypts-economic-growth-says-maait","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/09\/06\/external-shocks-have-hindered-egypts-economic-growth-says-maait\/","title":{"rendered":"External shocks have hindered Egypt\u2019s economic growth, says Maait"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-02\"><\/a> <strong>**#2 Egypt\u2019s economy would have grown much faster had it not been for external shocks<\/strong> including high oil prices, rising rates in the US, and a strengthening USD, Finance Minister Mohamed Maait tells CNBC in an interview (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2018\/09\/05\/egypt-can-handle-emerging-market-turmoil-to-a-limit-finance-minister.html\">watch, runtime: 3:35<\/a>). \u201cWe are able to absorb some of the shocks. Others have more of a negative effect,\u201d he said, adding that there is a limit to how much Egypt can sustain. \u201cHopefully what is happening now will be corrected and we\u2019ll move into a stable position.\u201d Despite that, Egypt is \u201cstill on track,\u201d with unemployment levels dropping, GDP growth rising, and the budget deficit narrowing, according to Maait.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Controlling public debt is also a top priority for the government<\/strong>, Maait added. The minister said <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2018\/09\/05\/is-debt-control-now-the-most-significant-fiscal-policy-of-the-madbouly-cabinet\/\">on Monday<\/a> that the government was working on a new policy package to bring debt levels down. 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