Egypt's economy predicts to fall in 2017


(MENAFN) Egypt's economy is predicted to see a sharp fall in the coming year, predicting GDP growth to slow down by 1 percent, lower 3 percent.

Accordingly, key interest rates will hike by 150 points in the upcoming monetary meeting on Dec 23 to absorb the fast-tracking inflationary pace.

On the other hand, the country's core inflation annually increased to 20.73 percent in Nov compared with 15.72 percent in Oct.


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