Prime Minister Sherif Ismail announced Monday in a press conference that the government economic program aims to achieve a growth by 6% in 2017, Youm7 News reported. He revealed that the program involves the promotion of industry, agriculture, tourism, housing, transport and dealing with the crisis of the rise of US dollar. Moreover, he stressed that the government seeks to achieve growth rates by the end of 2017/2018 by 6% and to reduce the budget deficit by 9%. The prime minister explained that the government's program will be presented to President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi in order to review it, before being submitted to the parliament.