Monthly activity data suggest that the Egyptian economy may have grown by up to 10% y/y in Q1. But this will have been helped by favourable base effects, given the almost 5% y/y contraction in output in Q1 of last year. As these effects unwind over the rest of this year, we expect growth to slow once again.
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