Egypt Economic Outlook
November 3, 2020
Economic activity appears to have improved somewhat in recent months, following a 1.7% year-on-year contraction in Q2 (Q1: +5.0% yoy). PMI data for September indicated the first overall increase in non-oil private sector activity in 14 months, driven by an uptick in consumer demand. Meanwhile, relatively low new Covid-19 cases through October and continued public spending initiatives bode well for activity in Q4. In other news, regional tensions have heightened regarding Ethiopia’s under-construction dam on the Nile river, with talks resuming in late October in an attempt to break the impasse over the operation and control of all-important water flows. In politics, polls opened on 24 October for the first of multiple rounds of voting in parliamentary elections. No significant shift in composition is expected, with the legislative body broadly lacking the powers to balance the authority of the president.Egypt Economic Growth
In FY 2021—which runs from July 2020 to June 2021—the economy is projected to slow further due to the ongoing effect of the pandemic and a weak external environment. A continued contraction in exports is set to weigh heavily on overall growth, while decelerating private consumption and public spending should also contribute to the slowdown. FocusEconomics panelists project GDP to expand 2.6% in FY 2021, which is up 0.4 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and 5.1% in FY 2022.Egypt Economy Data
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| Value | Change | Date | |
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| Bond Yield | 13.70 | 0.0 % | Dec 31 |
| Exchange Rate | 16.04 | 0.0 % | Jan 01 |
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Egypt Economic News
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Egypt: Inflation falls to seven-month low in April
May 11, 2021
Consumer prices rose 0.89% from the previous month in April, accelerating from March's 0.63% increase.
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Egypt: PMI in contractionary territory for fifth month running in April
May 6, 2021
Egypt’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI)—which measures business activity in the non-oil private sector—inched down to 47.7 in April from 48.0 in March, hitting a 10-month low in the process.
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Egypt: GDP growth accelerates in Q2 of FY 2021
May 5, 2021
The economy expanded 2.0% year-on-year in the second quarter of FY 2021 (October–December 2020), according to estimates released by the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development.
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Egypt: Central Bank takes cautious approach and holds rates steady in April
April 28, 2021
At its monetary policy meeting on 28 April, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) held the overnight deposit, overnight lending and main operation rates unchanged at 8.25%, 9.25% and 8.75%, respectively.
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Egypt: Inflation steady in March
April 9, 2021
Consumer prices rose 0.62% from the previous month in March, accelerating from February's 0.15% increase.
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