Egypt’s economy to miss government growth forecasts: Reuters poll
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's economy will only grow 2.6 percent in the fiscal year ending June 2014, well below the 3.5 percent the government expects to achieve, according to a...
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Egypt to use Gulf billions to spur economy
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt plans to avoid raising taxes or cutting spending but instead use billions of dollars in aid pledged by Gulf Arab states to spur the economy through...
Some Egypt businesses thrive in crush of economic downturn
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's smaller companies have struggled since the uprising that pushed aside Hosni Mubarak in 2011. But in a few corners of the economy, businesses are doing just...
Egypt’s new finance minister plans stimulus, not austerity
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt interim government will seek to avoid major austerity measures and instead work to stimulate the economy by improving security and pumping in new funds, the new...
Egypt’s new finance minister faces daunting task
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's new finance minister is a U.S.-educated economist who will need all his training to help pull his country out of an acute financial crisis aggravated by...
ElBaradei says Egypt needs political consensus to heal economy
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government must seek political compromise to win broad support for a crucial IMF loan and revive the country's ailing economy, senior opposition figure Mohamed ElBaradei said...
Worried Egypt slaps new controls on travelling with cash
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has banned travelers from carrying more than $10,000 in foreign currency in or out of the country, as officials worry over pressure on its pound currency...
Worried Egypt slaps new controls on travelling with cash
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has banned travelers from carrying more than $10,000 in foreign currency in or out of the country, as officials worry over pressure on its pound currency...
Egyptians protest after draft constitution raced through
CAIRO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Mursi on Friday after an Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution in a bid to...
Egypt plans new deficit-reduction steps: media
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's government has proposed tax changes and reducing energy subsidies to cut a budget deficit running at about 11 percent of gross domestic product, Egyptian newspapers reported....