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OPEC meets, Egypt’s exchange rate policy

OPEC’s biannual meeting kicked off today and all the signs are that the cartel will agree to an output cut by the time the meeting concludes tomorrow. Meanwhile, the Egyptian authorities have taken some positive steps over the past week to improve exchange rate policy. But the foreign exchange setup remains opaque and it looks like the state is propping up the pound, which can’t continue for much longer.

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