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INDICATORS - Egypt - Dec 2
--- INTEREST RATES ---
Latest Date Pvs Rate 4 weeks ago
91-day T-bill yield 11.699 2/12 11.901 ----
182-day T-bill yield 11.763 2/12 11.980 ----
273-day T-bill yield
11.922 2/12 12.556 ----
364-day T-bill yield 11.765 2/12 12.071 13.898
Central Bank (CBSU.PK - news) discount rate 11.5 18/9/08 11 11.5
Central bank o/n deposit 11.5 18/9/08 11 11.5
Central bank o/n lending 13.5 18/9/08 13 13.5
Overnight interbank 11.675 2/12/08 11.551 12.058
--- MONTHLY DATA ---
Month Pvs Yr ago
Countrywide CPI change Oct +21.2 +22.2 +21.2
(year-on-year, percent)
Countrywide CPI index Oct 129.2 129.5 129.2
Urban consumer prices Oct +20.2 21.5 +7.5
(year/year, pct change)
Urban consumer price Oct 127.5 127.6 106.1
index
Producer price index Oct 157.5 163.3 134.7
Foreign reserves ($bln) Oct 35.03 35.02 30.92
Oil output (mln tonnes) Sept 2.891 3.006 2.707
Suez Canal ($mln) Oct 467.5 469.6 422.6
Money supply M2
(pct change yr/yr) Oct +13.16 +14.07 +17.12
--- QUARTERLY DATA ---
Q4 2007/08* Q3 2007/08 Q4 2006/2007
(*provisional figures)
(all in millions of dollars)
Trade balance -6,626 -5,521 -5,554
Exports 8,518 7,735 6,119
Oil 4,552 3,899 2,782
Non-oil 3,966 3,836 3,338
Imports 15,144 13,256 11,673
Net services +4,170 +4,049 +2,922
Goods and services balance -2,456 -1,472 -2,631
Transfers +2,945 +2,165 +2,054
Current account balance +489 +693 -577
Capital account +3,545 +441 +1,338
Net errors/omissions -3,528 +694 +1,409
OVERALL BALANCE +506 +1,828 +2,170
Q4 2007/08 Q3 2007/08 Q4 2006/07
Tourism receipts ($mln) 2,603 2,643 1,825
Q4 2007/08 Q3 2006/07 Q4 2005/06
GDP growth (percent) +6.6 +7.5 +7.2
--- ANNUAL DATA ---
2007/2008* 2006/2007 2005/2006
(*preliminary figures)
Real GDP growth (% change) 7.2 7.1 6.9
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS ($mln) +5,420 +5,282 +3,253
Trade balance -23,415 -16,291 -11,986
Exports 29,356 22,018 18,455
Oil 14,473 10,108 10,222
Non-oil 14,883 11,910 8,233
Imports -52,771 -38,308 -30,441
Net services 14,966 11,498 8,191
Goods and services -8,449 -4,792 -3,795
Transfers 9,338 7,061 5,547
Current account +888 +2,269 +1,752
Capital account +7,137 +853 +3,511
Net errors/omissions -2,605 +2,160 -2,010
--- LONG-TERM CREDIT RATINGS ---
Standard & Poors BB plus (non-investment grade)
Moody's Ba1 (non-investment grade)
Fitch BB plus (non-investment grade)
* The base for the index has been changed to January 2007
Other notes:
1. Fiscal year is July-June.
2. Data from Central Bank except for the following:
Interbank rate - Private banks
CPI & Tourism - Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and
Statistics
Suez Canal & Oil production - Cabinet Information and
Decision Support Centre
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