{"id":636183,"date":"2017-12-26T04:25:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-26T04:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/26\/what-were-tracking-this-week-92\/"},"modified":"2017-12-26T04:25:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-26T04:25:20","slug":"what-were-tracking-this-week-92","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/12\/26\/what-were-tracking-this-week-92\/","title":{"rendered":"What we\u2019re tracking this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Expect the central bank\u2019s Monetary Policy Committee to keep interest rates on hold when they meet on Thursday<\/strong>, Pharos Holding\u2019s Ramy Oraby says. \u201cWe believe that the current disinflation trend will continue, leading the annual inflation rate downwards to 14.4% YoY in 4Q 2018, which is in line with the CBE inflation target of 13% YoY (\u00b1 3%) by 4Q 2018. 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