The Central Bank of Egypt's (CBE) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets regularly to decide the direction of key interest rates in Egypt. These are closely watched by banks, lenders, analysts, and economists as they are crucial in almost every (...)
Several international organisations and rating agencies have praised the progress made in the past two years in the Egyptian economy.
Two years ago, I was skeptical about the progress of the economic reform programme. I was not alone in this (...)
The recent Turkish economic crisis casts heavy shadows on the overall economic situation in Turkey and how this might also hit emerging markets.
However, discussion about this subject is controversial and requires a fair understanding of the Turkish (...)
The recent Turkish economic crisis casts heavy shadows on the overall economic situation in Turkey and how this might also hit emerging markets. However, discussion about this subject is controversial and requires a fair understanding of the Turkish (...)
Lower interest rates will bring mixed blessings. Hany Abou El-Fotouh* identifies the potential winners and losers
Most if not all countries have cut interest rates in the past six months. Egypt is not an exception. The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) (...)
Hany Abou-El-Fotouh* wonders whether companies have learnt any lessons at all from the global financial crisis
The global crunch raises the need to understand what really happened in the big financial institutions which collapsed, and what we need (...)