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Egypt's economy: Central Bank of Egypt rates and reserves, CAPMAS statistics, the EGX, public finance and the IMF programme, verified at source.
Energy & Commodities · Oct 16, 2026 · 5 min read
Egypt's country compact with the World Bank Group targets 9.8 billion dollars of metals and minerals-related exports by 2040 and a 6…
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Macro · Oct 16, 2026 · 4 min read
Egypt's Ministry of Finance began paying the third instalment of the cash half of exporters' overdue support dues on Thursday 15 October,…
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Markets · Oct 15, 2026 · 5 min read
Eight of the nine Middle East markets fell on Thursday as the Houthis threatened more attacks on Saudi Arabia, while Cairo's EGX…
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Macro · Oct 15, 2026 · 7 min read
Egypt's Cabinet on 14 October approved a 30-year licence for a specialist industrial development company to use 652 feddans next to the…
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Markets · Oct 14, 2026 · 5 min read
Riyadh's Tadawul All Share fell 1.74 percent on Wednesday with 252 of 273 stocks lower, a day after a strike that sources…
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Macro · Oct 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Egypt's exports rose 0.58 percent to 3.93 billion dollars in July 2026 from 3.90 billion a year earlier, the Central Agency for…
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Macro · Oct 14, 2026 · 2 min read
Egypt aims to raise the private sector's share of total investment to 67 percent by 2030, from 57.7 percent in the 2025/26…
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Markets · Oct 13, 2026 · 5 min read
Seven of the nine regional markets closed higher on Tuesday, and three of them ended long losing runs at once: Riyadh snapped…
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Macro · Oct 13, 2026 · 4 min read
Remittances from Egyptians working abroad reached a record 33.9 billion dollars in the first 8 months of 2026, 27.2 percent more than…
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IMF · Oct 13, 2026 · 9 min read
The International Monetary Fund expects Egypt's economy to grow 5.1 percent in 2026 and 4.7 percent in 2027. Its October World Economic…
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Macro · Oct 12, 2026 · 7 min read
Egypt's balance of payments swung to an overall surplus of 2.8 billion dollars in the 2025/26 fiscal year that ended in June,…
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Markets · Oct 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Five of the nine Middle Eastern markets closed lower on Monday, while Doha's QE Index rose 1.15 percent to snap four straight…
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Egypt’s country compact with the World Bank Group targets 9.8 billion dollars of metals and minerals-related exports by 2040 and a 6 percent minerals contribution to GDP by 2030, under plans announced in Bangkok on 16 October. Egypt was one of 8 countries to announce compacts or partnerships there, alongside Argentina, Bolivia, India, Kazakhstan, Malawi,…
Egypt’s Ministry of Finance began paying the third instalment of the cash half of exporters’ overdue support dues on Thursday 15 October, a week ahead of the 22 October date it had announced, with 2,054 exporters receiving approximately 8 billion pounds. That is more than the 6 billion pounds the ministry said in August it…
Eight of the nine Middle East markets fell on Thursday as the Houthis threatened more attacks on Saudi Arabia, while Cairo’s EGX 30 rose 1.52 percent as the only gain, closing at its session high. Dubai’s four-session winning run ended with a 1.05 percent fall, and Qatar’s QE Index lost 1.35 percent to a level…
Egypt’s Cabinet on 14 October approved a 30-year licence for a specialist industrial development company to use 652 feddans next to the Salloum land port in Matrouh governorate, where it will build, develop and operate an integrated logistics zone. The contract, between the General Authority for Land and Dry Ports and the company, was one…
Riyadh’s Tadawul All Share fell 1.74 percent on Wednesday with 252 of 273 stocks lower, a day after a strike that sources told Reuters caused extensive damage to Saudi Aramco’s headquarters, and Kuwait lost 1.40 percent, while five of the nine markets rose, led by Amman’s 0.98 percent. The Houthis vowed further attacks on Saudi…
Egypt’s exports rose 0.58 percent to 3.93 billion dollars in July 2026 from 3.90 billion a year earlier, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics said on 13 October, led by a 55.1 percent increase in exports of petroleum products and an 18.2 percent rise in ready-made garments. Fuel products and garments lead exports…
Egypt aims to raise the private sector’s share of total investment to 67 percent by 2030, from 57.7 percent in the 2025/26 fiscal year and 43.1 percent in 2023/24, Planning and Economic Development Minister Ahmed Rostom told a panel at the World Bank and IMF annual meetings in Bangkok, according to a ministry statement dated…
Seven of the nine regional markets closed higher on Tuesday, and three of them ended long losing runs at once: Riyadh snapped four straight declines, Abu Dhabi and Manama five each. Muscat’s 0.97 percent fall was the day’s deepest, with Cairo’s 0.68 percent decline beside it. Brent traded 1.65 percent below Monday’s settlement at 104.89…
Remittances from Egyptians working abroad reached a record 33.9 billion dollars in the first 8 months of 2026, 27.2 percent more than the 26.6 billion dollars of the same period of 2025, the Central Bank of Egypt said on 13 October. August alone brought in 4.2 billion dollars, up 21.7 percent from 3.5 billion dollars…
The International Monetary Fund expects Egypt’s economy to grow 5.1 percent in 2026 and 4.7 percent in 2027. Its October World Economic Outlook, released on 13 October, also forecasts double-digit 2027 rebounds for Qatar at 18.8 percent, Kuwait at 17.1 percent and Bahrain at 13.9 percent, with Saudi Arabia at 7.9 percent and the UAE…