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Central bank o/n deposit 8.75 01/15/15 9.25
Central bank o/n lending 9.75 01/15/15 10.25
Central bank discount rate 9.75 01/09/14 8.75
MONTHLY DATA
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Month Pvs Yr ago
Urban consumer prices 11.0 11.5 8.9
(year-on-year, pct change) April
Core inflation
(year-on-year, pct change) April 7.19 7.21 9.11
Foreign reserves ($ bln) April 20.525 15.291 17.489
Suez Canal revenue ($ mln) April 422.1 420.1 438.5
--- QUARTERLY FIGURES ---
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
(millions of dollars)
(*provisional)
Q2 2014/15 Q1 2014/15* Q2 2013/14*
Trade balance -10430.3 -9742.1 -7556.7
Exports 5769.7 6469.2 6950.1
Oil exports 2350.1 2912.9 3575.3
Non-oil exports 3419.6 3556.3 3374.8
Imports -16200.0 -16211.3 -14506.8
Net services 1775.8 2109.8 -245.2
Goods & services balance -8654.6 -7632.3 -7801.9
Transfers 5797.2 6188.6 6326.3
Current account balance -2857.3 -1443.7 -1475.6
Capital & financial account 72.4 811.4 -1371.0
Net errors/omissions 1357.9 1042.3 1099.2
Overall balance 410.0 2,217.5 3,746.7
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
(* provisional)
(** source: Central Bank website)
2013/2014* 2012/2013* 2011/2012
Real GDP growth (% change) 2.2* 2.1 2.2
Balance of payments ($mln) -1,478.6 237.0 11,278.4
Trade balance -33,702.7 -30,694.7 -34,139.0
Exports 26,119.0 26,988.1 25,071.9
Oil exports 12,452.3 13,023.0 11,225.0
Non-oil exports 13,666.7 13,965.1 13,846.9
Imports -59,821.7 -57,682.8 -59,210.9
Net services 978.5 5,039.4 5,584.7
Goods & services balance -32,724.4 -25,655.3 -28,554.3
Transfers 30,367.9 19,264.9 18,408.0
Current account balance -2,356.3 -6,390.4 -10,146.3
Capital & financial account 4,934.5 9,773.0 1,022.9
--- LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS ---
Standard & Poors: B-/B, outlook positive
Moody's B3, outlook stable
Fitch B, outlook stable
Notes:
1. Fiscal year is July 1-June 30.
2. Data from Central Bank except for the following:
Inflation - Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics
Suez Canal & Oil production - Egypt Information Portal
3. Credit ratings from those agencies
4. Quarterly balance of payments figures based on Reuters calculations
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