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Egypt to see "serious contraction" in growth, lower inflation
Published in Daily News Egypt on 08 - 02 - 2009

CAIRO: Egyptian Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali said on Sunday his country was looking at a serious contraction in economic growth because of the global financial crisis.
All the interaction with the outside world is coming practically to a standstill. Our exports are dropping, tourism is dropping, Suez Canal receipts are dropping, workers remittances are dropping, he said in a speech at the American University in Cairo.
And therefore, we are looking at a serious contraction in growth in the Egyptian economy . He did not give a forecast.
Ghali also said forecasters at his ministry predict inflation will fall to single digits in a matter of a couple of months
Therefore, the inflationary pressure has disappeared in the Egyptian economy, he said.
Egyptian urban inflation dipped to 18.3 percent in December, an eight-month low, as food prices retreated.
The head of Egypt s statistics agency said late last month that falling global prices for wheat, corn and butter would likely help inflation in Egypt fall for a fifth straight month in January.
Last month, Egypt s trade and industry ministry cut its growth forecast to an annualized rate below 5.2 percent in the first half of 2009 due to sudden variables.
Ghali s comments add further evidence that the global financial crisis is affecting the most populous Arab country, with two of Egypt s biggest sources of foreign currency - tourism and the Suez Canal - already showing signs of faltering.
The country s net foreign reserves fell $680 million in January to $33.43 billion, the central bank said last week.
Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said in December that the Egyptian government had set its target for economic growth at 5.5 percent for the two years starting July 2008, after 7.2 percent growth in the 2007/8 financial year.


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