Tag: Central Bank of Egypt

Pressures mount on CBE as IMF calls for interest rate hike to tame inflation

Inflation extends rise in April on higher food prices

Elsayed Solyman

CBE obliges banks to not deal with more than 7 exchange bureaus

Banks and companies granted 4-month transition period to adjust, says Negm

Hossam Mounir

Household sector accounts for 75% of deposits at banks in December

It is very normal that individuals' share in deposits is higher than…

Hossam Mounir

Egypt’s public debt is reaching critical level

Experts believe there are no other options but to ask for more…

Hisham Salah

Government has to ease reliance on banks: source

The reliance leads to a vicious cycle, “amid low state revenues,” says…

Hossam Mounir

Egypt’s foreign debt jumps by $19.5bn in 2016

Foreign debt reached 37.6% of GDP in December 2016 compared to 13.6%…

Hossam Mounir

HDB awaits CBE approval to separate real estate activity from banking business

We aim at becoming a commercial bank practicing banking business only and…

Hossam Mounir

Egypt’s MPC maintains policy rates as forecasted by CI Captial

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided to keep its overnight deposit…

Daily News Egypt

CBE expected to hold steady interest rates on Thursday

The increase of interest rates will not decrease inflation because it did…

Hossam Mounir

CBE is ready to repay Egypt’s foreign obligations: Amer

We have large inflows of foreign exchange and strong reserves that will…

Hossam Mounir