Central Bank of Egypt shifts attention back on to inflation

Interest rate decisions by the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) are notoriously difficult to predict but it seems that, having been distracted by balance of payments concerns over the past few years, policymakers have now focused their attention back on to inflation. Accordingly, with inflation set to fall significantly later this year, we expect the CBE to lower interest rates.

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