The 300bp interest rate hike by the Egyptian Central Bank (CBE), which took the overnight deposit rate to 16.25%, suggests that policymakers are even more concerned about rising inflation and further falls in the pound than we’d previously thought. Although our base case is that this is the final rate hike in the cycle, the probability of another hike early next year has risen.
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