Egypt’s headline inflation rate eased a touch from 12.5% y/y in October to 12.3% y/y in November despite further rent rises and fuel subsidy cuts. Even so, given the Central Bank of Egypt’s own admission to being in a “wait-and-see” mode, we doubt that this will be enough to prompt the monetary easing cycle to be resumed at the next MPC meeting on 25th December.
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