IMF raises Egypt economic growth to 5.2% in FY17/18

Cairo – Mubasher: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised Egypt’s economic growth estimates to 5.2% for the current fiscal year.

The IMF also raised the North African nation’s economic growth forecasts to 5.5% in fiscal year 2018/19, versus 4.2% in FY16/17, the IMF said in a recent report.

The IMF had previously projected that Egypt’s economy would grow 4.5% in F17/18 on the back of the country’s reform programme.

Mubasher Contribution Time: 18-Apr-2018 13:26 (GMT)
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