Egypt: what to make of the pound’s recent rally?

Weaker import demand and a pick-up in foreign investment have pushed the Egyptian pound up by 15% against the US dollar in the past couple of weeks, and we think the rally may have a little further to run. Even so, the pound will remain much weaker than before it was floated.

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