INDICATORS-Egypt - March 12
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Newspaper Number:
Wednesday - 7 March 2018
CAIRO, March 12 (Reuters) -
INTEREST RATES
Latest Last change Previous
Central 17.75 15/02/18 18.75
bank o/n
deposit
Central 18.75 15/02/18 19.75
bank o/n
lending
Central 18.25 15/02/18 19.25
bank
discount
rate
MONTHLY DATA
_____________
Month Pvs Yr ago
Urban 14.4 30.2
consumer February 17.1
prices
(year-on
-year,
pct
change)
Core
inflatio February 11.88 14.35 33.1
n
(year-on
-year,
pct
change)
Foreign February $42.524 38.209 26.542
reserves
($ bln)
Suez January $451.9 $471.5 $395.2
Canal
revenue
($ mln)
M2 January 20.45 20.92 41.51
Supply
(Pct
change)
--- QUARTERLY FIGURES ---
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
(millions of dollars)
(*provisional)
Q1 Q4 Q1
2017/18* 2016/17 2016/17*
*
Trade -8942.4 -8387.5 -9416.7
balance
Exports 5839.4 5693 5261.4
Imports -14781.8 -14080. -14678.1
5
Net 2847.3 2323.1 1410.7
services
Transfer 5975.3 4865.1 4352.8
s
Current -1639.1 -2396.4 -4782.7
account
balance
Capital 4395.3 7239.6
& 6228.6
financia
l
account
Net 487.9 733.6 -565.7
errors/o
missions
Overall 5077.4 2732.5 1891.2
balance
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
(* provisional)
(** source: Central Bank website)
2015/2016* 2014/2015*
2016/2017
*
Balance of 13,717.2 -2,813.0 3,724.9
payments
($mln)
Trade balance -35,435.1 -37,606.2 -38,785.4
Exports 21,687.0 18,704.6 22,058.2
Oil exports 6,548.3 5,674.3 8705.0
Non-oil 15,138.7 13,030.3 13,353.2
exports
Imports -57,122.1 -56,310.8 -60,843.6
Net services 6,811.1 2,061.7 4,727.5
Goods & -35,544.5 -34,057.9
services
balance
Transfers 17,471.8 16,885.1 21,875.7
Current -15,575.2 -18,659.4 -12,182.2
account
balance
Capital & 29,034.2 19,851.5 17,633.6
financial
account
--- LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS ---
Standard & Poors: B-, outlook positive
Moody's B3, outlook stable
Fitch B, outlook positive
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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