Egypt’s rate hike likely to be a one-off

The Egyptian central bank’s surprise decision late last night to hike its benchmark interest rate by 200bp, to 16.75%, appears to the result of pressure from the IMF. The move is likely to be a one-off and we expect the next change in interest rates to be down, albeit not until the turn of the year.

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