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Egypt's central bank keeps EGP stable against US dollar in FX auction
Published in Ahram Online on 12 - 07 - 2016

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) kept the local currency's rate stable at EGP 8.78 against the US dollar at Tuesday's regular forex auction, state news agency MENA reported citing anonymous bankers.
The CBE offered local banks $120 million in an attempt to meet their needs for strategic and basic imported goods as Egypt - which has been facing shortage in hard currencies since the 2011 uprising - relies heavily on imports of staples to feed its population of 90 million.
The exchange rate, set by the CBE on Tuesday was unlike some expectations of another devaluation that might have happened to tighten the gap between official and informal rates for the US dollar.
Egypt's net foreign reserves rose slightly to $17.546 billion at the end of June, up from $17.52 billion at the end of May.
Egypt's annual headline inflation hit the highest level in 30 months to register 14.8 percent in June 2016, state statistics body CAPMAS stated on Sunday.
In March, the CBE weakened the Egyptian pound by 14 percent of its value against the dollar in an attempt to eliminate black market trading, a move that led to price increases.
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