{"id":650601,"date":"2017-03-28T04:01:09","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/03\/28\/finance-ministry-sets-final-exchange-rate-and-oil-price-projections-for-fy2017-18-budget\/"},"modified":"2017-03-28T04:01:09","modified_gmt":"2017-03-28T04:01:09","slug":"finance-ministry-sets-final-exchange-rate-and-oil-price-projections-for-fy2017-18-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2017\/03\/28\/finance-ministry-sets-final-exchange-rate-and-oil-price-projections-for-fy2017-18-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Ministry sets final exchange rate and oil price projections for FY2017-18 budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"content-anchor\" id=\"tldr-story-03\"><\/a> <strong>The Finance Ministry has settled on an exchange rate of EGP 16.00 per greenback and sees <\/strong><strong>oil price at USD 55 \/ bbl for the FY2017-18 budget, <\/strong>Finance Minister Amr El Garhy told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youm7.com\/story\/2017\/3\/27\/%D9%88%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D9%84%D9%80-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%85-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%A7%D8%A8%D8%B9-16-%D8%AC%D9%86%D9%8A%D9%87%D9%8B%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B3%D8%B9%D8%B1-%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%89-%D9%84%D9%84%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B1\/3162542\">Youm7<\/a>after the cabinet economic group\u2019s budget talks on Monday. The budget should head to the House of Representatives in the coming weeks, and the grandstanding has already begun, with Rep. Amr El Gohary describing the as-yet un-released budget as \u201cdisastrous,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.almalnews.com\/Pages\/StoryDetails.aspx?ID=327871\">Al Mal reports<\/a>. A trenchant critique with deep insight we should all consider, clearly.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <strong>the Supply Ministry is working with bakery owners to review what they\u2019re paid <\/strong><strong>to produce subsidized bread,<\/strong> with the new prices coming into effect in the upcoming fiscal year, Supply Minister Ali El Moselhy tells <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alborsanews.com\/2017\/03\/27\/1001268\">Al Borsa<\/a>. The Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce\u2019s bakeries division is expected the figure to rise to EGP 176 per 100 kg of bread, up from EGP 165, according to head of the Federation of Egyptian Industries\u2019 bakeries division Hassan El Mohamady. El Moselhy had said that <a href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.press\/stories\/2017\/03\/26\/bread-and-food-subsidies-to-cost-the-state-more-than-egp-80-bn\/\">state spending on bread subsidies will reach EGP 60 bn<\/a> in the FY2017-18 state budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Finance Ministry has settled on an exchange rate of EGP 16.00 per greenback and sees oil price at USD 55 \/ bbl for the FY2017-18 budget, Finance Minister Amr El Garhy told Youm7after the cabinet economic group\u2019s budget talks on Monday. 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