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The central bank\u2019s monetary policy committee <\/strong>will meet on Thursday<\/strong><\/a> to decide on interest rates. It\u2019s the MPC\u2019s first meeting since the announcement earlier this month<\/a> that the core inflation rate dropped to 34.86% in August, from 35.26% in July and comes after the US Federal Reserve\u2019s FOMC left the federal funds rate on hold last week<\/a> \u2014 and signaled it would start shrinking its USD 4.5 tn balance sheet. CBE Governor Tarek Amer last week suggested<\/a> that we may have reached peak inflation in August, but don\u2019t hold your breath for a rate cut until year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n

The Council of State expects to conclude its review of the Dabaa nuclear power <\/strong>plant\u2019s four contracts this week. <\/strong>Russian officials said they expect the contracts to be signed in two months\u2019 time, but that the date depends on President Vladimir Putin\u2019s schedule. The contracts are believed to be the unofficial prerequisite for the resumption of flights between Cairo and Moscow.<\/p>\n

Entirely coincidentally, of course, the Egyptian Tourism Ministry has launched a new <\/strong>campaign in Russia<\/strong>, according to AMAY<\/a>.<\/p>\n

4G services are expected to officially roll out at a ceremony this Thursday<\/strong>, presided over by Prime Minister Sherif Ismail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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