Reuters Articles
The following articles were written for Reuters starting in October 2018.
Egypt's GDP growth seen slowing to 5.5% in current fiscal year: Reuters poll
Egypt’s economic growth is expected to slow to 5.5% in the fiscal year that began this month, below the government’s target, and 5.8% the following year, a Reuters poll showed, as Cairo nears the end of an IMF-backed economic reform program.
Egypt expects its debt to become 'euroclearable' in October: minister
Egypt has signed an agreement with Euroclear, Europe’s biggest settlement house for securities, to allow holders of its sovereign debt to clear transactions outside the country beginning in six months’ time, its finance minister said.
Egypt to slash fuel subsidies as it nears end of IMF program
Egypt will remove subsidies on most energy products by June 15, it told the International Monetary Fund in a January letter released by the IMF on Saturday as part of a review of Cairo’s three-year, $12 billion loan program with the lender.
Egypt current account deficit widens, tourism picks up, FDI falls
Egypt’s current account deficit widened to $2.1 billion in the last three months of 2018 from a deficit of $1.78 billion in the same period a year previously, according to Reuters calculations based on central bank data released on Monday.