Egypt Economic Outlook
May 12, 2020
Authorities are gradually opening up the economy again, after containment measures were imposed in March to slow the spread of coronavirus, which included the suspension of flights and the temporary closure of most businesses, in addition to nightly curfews. Since the end of April, shops have been allowed to open on weekends, and, since 4 May, hotels have been able to operate again with a maximum capacity of 25% until June, and 50% thereafter. Pointing to the economic effects of the coronavirus crisis, the non-oil private sector contracted in April at the fastest pace since current records began. Moreover, the Central Bank’s foreign exchange reserves fell sharply in April as it propped up the pound. On the fiscal front, the IMF approved USD 2.8 billion in financial support for the government on 11 May, to help it plug financing gaps, and Parliament has approved new levies on petrol and diesel.Egypt Economic Growth
Economic growth will slow significantly in FY 2020, as activity suffers due to containment measures imposed from March. However, fiscal and monetary policy stimulus should mitigate the headwinds. FocusEconomics panelists project GDP to expand 2.5% in FY 2020, which is up 0.1 percentage points from last month’s forecast, and 3.7% in FY 2021.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: Egypt PMI continues gradual recovery in June
July 6, 2020
Egypt’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which measures business activity in the non-oil private sector, rose to 44.6 in June from 40.7 in May and marked a further recovery from the 29.7 reading in April, which remains the lowest on record since the current survey began in April 2011 and reflected the effects of Egypt’s first full month with strict coronavirus restrictions.
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Egypt: Central Bank leaves rates unchanged at June meeting
June 25, 2020
At its scheduled monetary policy meeting on 25 June, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) left the overnight deposit, overnight lending, and main operation rates unchanged at 9.25%, 10.25% and 9.75%, respectively, as expected by most market analysts. The decision to keep rates unchanged in June came despite inflation slowing to 4.7% in May, which was down from 5.9% in April, the lowest reading in six months and further clear of the CBE’s Q4 CY 2020 target range of 6.0% to 12.0%.
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Egypt: Inflation slows in May, falling further below Central Bank target range
June 10, 2020
Consumer prices were broadly unchanged in May compared to the previous month, after increasing 1.3% in April.
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Egypt: Egypt PMI rebounds in May but remains in contraction territory
June 3, 2020
Egypt’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which measures business activity in the non-oil private sector, rebounded to 40.7 in May from 29.7 in April, which had marked the lowest reading since the current survey began in April 2011 and reflected the effects of Egypt’s first full month with new social distancing measures in place aimed at reducing the spread of coronavirus.
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Egypt: Economic growth slows in January–March
May 30, 2020
The economy expanded 5.0% year-on-year in the third quarter of FY 2020 (January–March 2020), according to estimates announced by the Ministry of Planning and Development on 30 May.
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