Foreign investment in Egyptian treasuries doubles in January

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Tuesday - 7 February 2017

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The central bank's decision in November to abandon a peg of 8.8 Egyptian pounds per dollar and freely float the currency, which has since halved in value, has helped to revive foreign demand but it is still far from pre-2011 levels. (Reporting by Abdel Rahman Adel; writng by Amina Ismail)