Author: Steven Sahiounie

CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank said on Wednesday that it had hiked interest rates by 600 basis points at an unscheduled meeting and that it would allow the exchange rate to be set by market forces as it shifted to an inflation targeting regime.

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Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Climate Envoy Adel Al-Jubeir met Hannah Neumann, chairman of the EU delegation for relations with the Arab Peninsula, in Brussels, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. During the meeting, they discussed regional and international issues of common interest. The meeting was attended by Khalid bin Musaed Al-Angari, director-general of the minister’s office, and Haifa Al-Jedea, ambassador and head of Saudi Arabia’s Mission to the EU and European Atomic Energy Community. source: Arab news

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