Egypt's central bank keeps interest rates unchanged

The Central Bank of Egypt decided to keep interest rates unchanged from July at a meeting of its monetary policy committee on Thursday.
The Central Bank of Egypt decided to keep interest rates unchanged from July at a meeting of its monetary policy committee on Thursday.
The World Bank has provided Egypt with the first $1 billion tranche of a $3 billion loan, as part of its support for the government's economic programme, the Ministry of International Cooperation said Friday.
Egypt's core inflation rate increased to 13.23 percent year on year in August 2016 up from 12.31 in July 2016, the central bank announced on Thursday.
Egypt’s parliament approved on Sunday the long-delayed value added tax (VAT) at a rate of 13 percent for the 2016/17 fiscal year, but said it will rise to 14 percent the following year.