Friday, June 26

Economy

 CAIRO: Egypt secured an additional $5 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday after the central bank raised interest rates and allowed the pound to plunge in value by nearly 40 percent.

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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