MPC
MPC decided that keeping policy rates unchanged remains consistent with achieving the inflation target of 7 percent (±2 percentage points) on average in 2022 Q4 and price stability over the medium term.
The discount rate was also kept unchanged at 8.75 percent.
The discount rate was also kept unchanged at 8.75 percent.
The discount rate was also kept unchanged at 8.75 percent.
The discount rate was also cut by 50 basis points to 8.75 percent.
The overnight deposit rate, overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation were kept at 9.25 percent, 10.25 percent, and 9.75 percent, respectively.
The discount rate was also kept unchanged at 9.75 percent, according to MPC’s decision.
In a statement published on Thursday, CBE stated that the decision comes as a result of monthly inflation, prices of fresh vegetables, GDP growth and global economic activity.
The discount rate was also kept unchanged at 12.75 percent.
"We have penciled in a 50bp cut in the overnight deposit rate, to 11.75 percent, at next week’s meeting and expect it to be cut further to 10 percent by year-end.”
The overnight deposit rate, the overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation are kept at 12.25 percent, 13.25 percent, and 12.75 percent, respectively.
The Monetary Policy Committee meeting scheduled for December 26, 2019 has been changed to January 16, 2020.
The overnight deposit rate, the overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation are cut to be at 12.25 percent, 13.25 percent, and 12.75 percent, respectively.
"The CBE can comfortably cut rates in the coming meeting," Senior Economist at Shuaa Securities Esraa Ahmed said.
Registering a fourth consecutive monthly decline, Egypt’s inflation rates opened speculation once again in September about the expectations of possible interest rate decisions during November.
Registering a fourth consecutive monthly decline, Egypt’s inflation rates opened speculation once again in September about the expectations of possible interest rate decisions during November.
CBE reviewed the reasons behind this decision in a press release.
The overnight deposit rate, the overnight lending rate, and the rate of the main operation are cut to be at 13.25 percent, 14.25 percent, and 13.75 percent, higher than economists’ expectations.
Analysts go for cutting the rates but expecting it not be aggressive.
August's meeting is CBE's fifth meeting in 2019, which ended with cutting the rates amid a global wave of interest rates cut, decline of inflation rate to a four-year low, and the hovering prices of oil around $60 per barrel.
