The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced Sunday that the deficit rate increased during March 2016 to reach %8.41 comparing with %7.5 in last February, Al-Bawaba News reported. CBE added that deficit increased during March to reach %1.4 across the country while the annual deficit declined by %9.2 during March comparing with %9.5 in February. CBE measures main deficit rate for all goods and services while derives statistics through general mobilization authority.