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Egypt · Jul 8, 2026 · 6 min read
Egypt's net international reserves rose to a record US$55.07 billion at the end of June, the Central Bank of Egypt reported, in…
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IMF · Jul 7, 2026 · 4 min read
Algeria's economy is projected to keep growing at a robust pace of about 3.8 percent in 2026, the International Monetary Fund said…
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Egypt · Jun 30, 2026 · 6 min read
Egypt has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the seventh review of its Extended Fund Facility arrangement and…
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Egypt · Jun 28, 2026 · 4 min read
Egypt is accelerating its state-asset sale programme, listing more government-owned companies on the Egyptian Exchange and moving closer to unlocking about 1.6…
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Global · Jun 27, 2026 · 4 min read
The artificial intelligence boom could add to inflation through more channels than the cost of advanced chips, according to IMF chief economist…
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Egypt · Jun 26, 2026 · 4 min read
The global economy is absorbing the shock from heightened regional tensions without tipping into a broad slowdown so far, the International Monetary…
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Egypt · Jun 19, 2026 · 7 min read
Egypt has unveiled the draft of a more ambitious second edition of its State Ownership Policy, the framework that defines where the…
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Global · Jun 18, 2026 · 5 min read
The global economy is so far absorbing the shock of the conflict in the Middle East without tipping into a slowdown, but…
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Energy & Commodities · Jun 17, 2026 · 5 min read
The International Energy Agency sharply lowered its 2026 oil demand and supply forecasts in its June Oil Market Report, published on 17…
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IMF · Jun 17, 2026 · 4 min read
The IMF expects Oman’s economy to grow by around 3.7% in 2026, supported by higher oil production, stronger fiscal balances, and a…
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Global · Jun 16, 2026 · 4 min read
The International Monetary Fund said on 15 June 2026 that the global economy is weathering the shock from regional tensions in the…
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IMF · Jun 13, 2026 · 14 min read
How the Biggest Tournament in Football History Is Changing the Business Model of Mega Sporting Events The FIFA World Cup has always…
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Egypt’s two main inflation gauges both stood at 14.3 percent in June, but they arrived there from opposite directions. Annual core inflation rose to 14.3 percent in June, up from 13.8 percent in May. Annual headline urban inflation eased to 14.3 percent in June, down from 14.6 percent in May. The two measures, which had…
The International Monetary Fund cut its forecast for global growth this year to 3.0 percent and lifted its inflation projection, in a World Economic Outlook Update published on 8 July that portrays a world economy caught between two opposing forces. The Fund titled the update Global Economy in Crosscurrents of War and Technology, describing a…
Egypt’s net international reserves rose to a record US$55.07 billion at the end of June, the Central Bank of Egypt reported, in the largest monthly increase of an uninterrupted run of reserve gains that has continued across 2026. The figure, at US$55,072.3 million on a provisional basis, was up about US$1.94 billion, or 3.65 percent,…
Algeria’s economy is projected to keep growing at a robust pace of about 3.8 percent in 2026, the International Monetary Fund said at the conclusion of its annual Article IV mission, while calling for a sizable fiscal consolidation to rebuild the buffers that have been drawn down over the past two years. The findings come…
Egypt has reached a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund on the seventh review of its Extended Fund Facility arrangement and the second review of its Resilience and Sustainability Facility, a step that could unlock about US$1.6 billion in new financing once approved by the Fund’s Executive Board. The IMF said completion of the…
Egypt is accelerating its state-asset sale programme, listing more government-owned companies on the Egyptian Exchange and moving closer to unlocking about 1.6 billion dollars in international financing. The Egyptian Exchange has approved the temporary listing of four more state-owned companies under the government’s offering programme, and the exchange marked the step by ringing the trading…
The artificial intelligence boom could add to inflation through more channels than the cost of advanced chips, according to IMF chief economist Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas. In remarks reported by Bloomberg on 26 June, he warned that the AI investment surge is generating very high equity valuations, especially in US markets and in technology-exposed economies such as…
The global economy is absorbing the shock from heightened regional tensions without tipping into a broad slowdown so far, the International Monetary Fund said, even as it cautioned that the resilient headline masks sharp differences between countries and that the risks remain tilted to the downside. The assessment came in a 15 June article by…
Egypt has unveiled the draft of a more ambitious second edition of its State Ownership Policy, the framework that defines where the state will stay invested in the economy and where it will step back for private capital. Presented by the government on 17 June 2026 under the theme “Deepening Reform and Maximizing Impact 2026–2030,”…
The global economy is so far absorbing the shock of the conflict in the Middle East without tipping into a slowdown, but the risks remain elevated and uneven, IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said in a blog published on 15 June 2026. More than three months into the war, she wrote, commodity prices, inflation and…