CAIRO, May 26 (Reuters) -
INTEREST RATES
Latest Last change Previous
Central 15.75 14/02/19 16.75
bank o/n
deposit
Central 16.75 14/02/19 17.75
bank o/n
lending
Central 16.25 14/02/19 17.25
bank
discount
rate
MONTHLY DATA
_____________
Month Pvs Yr ago
Urban
consumer April 13 14.2 13.1
prices
(year-on
-year,
pct
change)
Core
inflatio April 8.1 8.9 11.62
n
(year-on
-year,
pct
change)
Foreign April 44.218 44.112 44.030
reserves
($ bln)
Suez January 468.7 471.8 451.9
Canal
revenue
($ mln)
M2 March 11.38 11.55 21.85
Supply
(Pct
change)
--- QUARTERLY FIGURES ---
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
(millions of dollars)
(*provisional)
Q2 Q1 Q4
2018/19* 2018/19* 2017/18*
Trade -9,438.9 -9,812.6 -9,272.6
balance
Exports 7,488.7 6,785.2 7,016.1
Imports -16,927.6 -16,597.8 -16,288.7
Net 2,975.6 4,283.1 3,283.6
services
Transfer 6,047.8 5,908.9 7,071.9
s
Current -2,185 -1,668.6 -492.8
account
balance
Capital 310.5 1,475.6 2,951.9
&
financia
l
account
Net -183.6 477.1 -639.1
errors/o
missions
Overall -2,058.1 284.1 1,820
balance
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
(* provisional)
(** source: Central Bank of Egypt
website)
2016/2017* 2015/2016*
2017/2018
*
Balance of 12,787.7 13,717.2 -2,813.0
payments
($mln)
Trade balance -37,276 -37,274.8 -38,683.1
Exports 25,827 21,728.2 18,704.6
Oil exports 8,773 6,589.5 5,674.3
Non-oil 17,054 15,138.7 13,030.3
exports
Imports 63,103 -59,003 -57,387.7
Net services 11,122.4 5,614.2 6,533
Travel 9,804.3 4,379.7 3,767.5
(tourism)
receipts
Transfers 26,470.9 21,835.1 16,790.7
Current -5,962.3 -14,394 -19,831.1
account
balance
Capital & 21,996.5 31,015.1 21,176.7
financial
account
--- LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS ---
Standard & Poors: B, outlook stable
Moody's: B2, outlook stable
Fitch: B+, outlook stable
Notes:
1. Fiscal year is July 1-June 30.
2. Data from Central Bank except for the following:
Consumer Inflation - Central Agency for Public
Mobilisation and Statistics
Suez Canal - Suez Canal Authority
3. Credit ratings from those agencies
4. Quarterly balance of payments figures based on Reuters
calculations
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