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Markets weather US-Iran tensions, Egypt seeks oil hedge

Financial markets across the MENA region have shrugged off the latest escalation of tensions between the US and Iran, although we doubt that this resilience will last. Meanwhile, news that Egypt will sign contracts to hedge oil prices will improve the predictability of subsidy spending but suggests that that the appetite for further fuel price reform is waning.

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