{"id":647800,"date":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","date_gmt":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/21\/interest-payments-are-a-considerable-drag-on-government-finances-but-bmi-sees-borrowing-costs-easing-as-egypt-slashes-deficit\/"},"modified":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","modified_gmt":"2017-05-21T04:04:57","slug":"interest-payments-are-a-considerable-drag-on-government-finances-but-bmi-sees-borrowing-costs-easing-as-egypt-slashes-deficit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/05\/21\/interest-payments-are-a-considerable-drag-on-government-finances-but-bmi-sees-borrowing-costs-easing-as-egypt-slashes-deficit\/","title":{"rendered":"Interest payments are a \u201cconsiderable drag on government finances,\u201d but BMI sees borrowing costs easing as Egypt slashes deficit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-05\"><\/a> <strong>Interest payments are a \u201cconsiderable drag on government finances,\u201d but BMI sees<\/strong><strong>borrowing costs easing as Ismail government slashes deficit. <\/strong>BMI sees the reform program driving down borrowing costs, but isn\u2019t certain that the Ismail government will achieve its deficit reduction targets, saying growth of 3.6% in FY2017-18 will result in a budget deficit equivalent to 9.9% of GDP against projections of 4.6% growth and a deficit of 9.1% in the budget document. BMI\u2019s June 2017 Africa Monitor. Either way, it writes, this \u201cwould indicate the start of a fiscal readjustment in Egypt which will reduce its budget deficit, minimise the climb in debt levels, and lower its cost of borrowing on international capital markets.\u201d <strong>Subsidy cuts are key to cutting the deficit<\/strong>, BMI writes, noting that subsidies counted for 17% of all state spending in 2015-16. BMI has also picked up on the notion that interest rates in their current band are choking the state treasury: \u201cAt 35.0% of spending in H1, <strong>interest payments present a considerable drag on government finances<\/strong> (by contrast, capital expenditure spending was just 7% in 2015\/16).\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interest payments are a \u201cconsiderable drag on government finances,\u201d but BMI seesborrowing costs easing as Ismail government slashes deficit. 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