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Egyptian inflation and rates to rise much further

Egyptian inflation rose to a near-three year high in March and will continue to pick up on the back of the spillovers from the war in Ukraine and last month’s devaluation. We now think interest rates will be hiked by a further 350bp, to 12.75%, by end-2022. This is more tightening than the consensus currently expects.

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