Egyptian central bank pauses easing cycle

The Egyptian central bank’s decision today to keep interest rates unchanged (rather than cut rates) appears to have been a result of the jump in inflation in February. But if we’re right that inflation will fall again over the coming months, the easing cycle probably has much further to run.

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