{"id":646075,"date":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","date_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/05\/egypt-no-pain-no-gain\/"},"modified":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T04:20:09","slug":"egypt-no-pain-no-gain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/06\/05\/egypt-no-pain-no-gain\/","title":{"rendered":"Egypt: no pain, no gain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Egypt may have turned a leaf on its economy thanks to tough reforms taken by<\/strong><strong> the <\/strong><strong>government<\/strong>, writes Nabilah Annuar for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cpifinancial.net\/features\/category\/investments\/post\/41455\/egypt-no-pain-no-gain\">CPI Finance<\/a>. While acknowledging that inflation had reached a multi-decade high, Annuar states that the reforms have led to major foreign inflows and saw reserves rising. 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