Egypt | - Part 4

Egypt’s GDP expected at 3 pct in second half of fiscal year says Ashraf al-Arabi

CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s planning minister said on Wednesday the country’s average economic growth was expected to be 3 percent in the second half of the 2014/2015 fiscal year, compared with 5.6 percent in the first half of the year. Ashraf al-Arabi told reporters at a news conference that average economic growth for the current fiscal year would be 4 percent, or slightly above 4 percent.

Egyptian investors turn to courts to abolish tax on capital gains, dividends

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egyptian investors challenged the government in court on Tuesday over a tax on stock dividends and capital gains, saying it is causing confusion and hampering investment. Traders say the market still doesn’t understand how the tax will be calculated or collected, adding to uncertainty aroused by an indefinite delay to parliamentary elections. The stock market hit a four-month low in early trade. The head of the Egyptian stock exchange complained the tax…

Egypt’s central bank keeps benchmark rates unchanged

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at a monetary policy committee meeting on Thursday. The overnight deposit rate remains 8.75 percent and the overnight lending rate is steady at 9.75, the bank said in a statement.

Egypt’s Midor refinery seeks $400 million via IPO

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s state-owned Middle East Oil Refinery (Midor) seeks to raise $400 million with an initial public offering (IPO) in the last quarter of 2015, three sources with direct knowledge of the process said on Tuesday. Midor, Egypt’s largest oil refinery, plans to expand its output during the next two years. It provides around 25 percent of the petroleum products consumed by the local market. It is not yet known whether the IPO…

Kuwait fund to lend Egypt $1.5 bln over next five years

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KUWAIT (Reuters) – The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development plans to lend Egypt $1.5 billion over the next five years, extending $300 million each year, the fund’s director-general Abdulwahab al-Bader told Reuters on Tuesday.He did not give details of the loans. The fund is the Kuwaiti government’s agency for aiding developing countries in areas such as agriculture, transport and energy.Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have provided billions of dollars of aid…

Egyptian pound steady on official market, weaker on black market

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s central bank kept the pound steady at 7.53 pounds to the dollar at a foreign exchange auction on Sunday, while the domestic currency weakened on the black market. The central bank has now kept the official exchange rate steady for more than a month after letting the pound weaken in an attempt to wipe out black-market trading. The bank said it had offered $40 million at auction and sold $38.4 million…

Egypt’s current account hits deficit of $2.9 bln in Oct-Dec quarter

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CAIRO (Reuters) – Egypt’s current account deficit widened to $2.9 billion in the three months to December from $1.4 billion in the same period the previous year, according to Reuters calculations. The deficit stood at $4.3 billion in the first half of the fiscal year which began on July 1, compared with a deficit of $866 million in the same period a year before, the central bank said on Thursday. The deficit was driven by…

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