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Egypt's Justice Minister Ahmed Mekky has resigned over calls from the Islamist supporters of President Mohammed Morsi for a 'cleansing' of the judiciary via forced retirements. Mekky,... 2013-04-23


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Consumer price inflation in Egypt took an unexpected leg down in March according to recently released data from the Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS), with... 2013-04-23


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Economic activity across Egypt is likely to remain fundamentally depressed over the coming quarters, as the government grapples with implementing a potentially highly unpopular package... 2013-04-19


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Egypt's budget deficit rose by more than a third to reach EGP119.8bn in the first seven months of FY2012/13, compared with EGP88.2bn in the same period a year ago. Two years of political... 2013-03-25


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Consumer price inflation in Egypt has spiked sharply higher according to latest data from the central bank, with the headline print coming in at 8.2% y-o-y in February, up from 6.2%... 2013-03-25


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In another bid to help stave off a more acute economic crisis, Egypt's central bank announced on March 17 that it was introducing a new policy that would help reassure foreign portfolio... 2013-03-20


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The operating environment for Egyptian banks is likely to deteriorate further over the coming months. With the economy slowly lurching towards a full blown balance of payments crisis,... 2013-02-18


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We see the growing possibility of a military coup in Egypt, if violence continues unabated. The defence minister, General Abdel Fattah El-Sissi, warned on January 29 that the country... 2013-02-15