Egypt: rates hiked as inflation jumps, currency pressures mount

Today’s 100bp rate hike in Egyptian interest rates was larger than even our own above-consensus forecast and, with inflation likely to rise further in the coming months and the central bank willing to tighten policy aggressively, we’ve pencilled in another rate rise later this year.


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