Egypt, the pound and lessons from the past

Egypt’s central bank is intervening to prop up the pound, but the experience from the previous decade is that such efforts ultimately prove futile. If policymakers try to support the pound for an extended period, this risks repeating the problems that, in 2016, led to a 50% fall in the currency against the dollar.

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