$1.2bn secured for importing food commodities for 6 months: CBE
Tarek Amer held a press conference on Thursday to disclose the details…
Egypt obtains pledges worth $16.3bn for financing economic reforms during FY 2016/2017
Tarek Amer said that those countries include seven leading industrial countries and…
Bank are free to price the US dollar: CBE
This comes after the CBE fully floated the exchange rate on Thursday…
CBE instructs exchange bureaux to buy US dollars at EGP 13, sell at EGP 14.35
Exchange bureaux companies operating in the Egyptian market began on Thursday morning…
CBE poses exceptional tender for $100m
The tender will cover open currency positions in foreign currency at banks
NBE, Banque Misr, Banque du Caire launch EGP-denominated saving certificates with 20% interest rate, 18-month maturity period
The banks also launced three-year certificates with a 16% interest rate
CBE floats Egyptian pound, raises interest by 3%
The CBE decided on Thursday to let banks in the market set…
Informal US dollar rate expected to drop if banks refrain from accepting foreign exchange
Current procedures by government, CBE target to reduce demands for US dollar, and we should work on increasing…
CBE consideres obliging banks to not accept foreign currency from anonymous sources
The move aims to lay siege to the informal market and crack…
Parliament approves Agriculture Bank Law, moving the bank under CBE’s authority
The Egyptian parliament approved a law that would oversee the transfer of…