Egypt’s inflation to fall above 10% end FY17/18 - IMF

Cairo – Mubasher: Egypt’s inflation is likely to drop above 10% by the end of the current fiscal year, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission for Egypt Subir Lall said.

The inflation rate is expected to reach a single digit by the end of the IMF’s three-year loan fund facility, Lall added in a press conference on Tuesday.

The IMF nod to grant Egypt a $12 billion loan fund facility over three years, which the most populous Arab country received about $4 billion of it through two loan installments of $2.75 billion and $1.25 billion, respectively.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 27-Sep-2017 09:44 (GMT)
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