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Egypt Holds Rates a Fourth Time With No End to Iran War in Sight

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Photographer: Islam Safwat/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Egypt held interest rates for a fourth meeting in a row, choosing caution after inflation quickened and prospects dimmed for an imminent end to the Iran war. The central bank kept the benchmark deposit rate at 19% and the lending rate at 20%, the monetary policy committee said Thursday in a statement. All six economists in a Bloomberg survey predicted the decision.
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Egypt Unlocks About $1.8 Billion IMF Payout After Passing Review

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Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Egypt unlocked about $1.8 billion in financing after clearing the penultimate review of its expanded International Monetary Fund program. The North African nation “has faced the implications of the war in the Middle East in a stronger macroeconomic position than during previous episodes of external stress, with robust growth, inflation on a downward trend and rising gross international reserves,” the IMF said in a statement after its executive board met Thursday.
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Saudi Budget Deficit Narrows Three-Quarters on Wartime Oil Spike

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Saudi Ministry of Finance (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia’s quarterly fiscal deficit contracted by almost 75%, benefiting from a spike in global oil prices even as the Iran war shrank the economy. The kingdom posted a budget shortfall of 34.3 billion riyals ($9.1 billion) in the second quarter, according to the finance ministry. That compares with a 125.7 billion-riyal deficit in the three months through March.
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