Upward pressure on Egyptian pound likely to wane

Egypt’s central bank appears to have been intervening in the foreign exchange market to prevent the pound from strengthening, but we think the forces putting upward pressure on the currency will soon start to fade. We remain comfortable with our view that the pound will weaken a touch in 2018-19.

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