The Central Bank of Egypt’s unexpected 100bp hike to its policy rate (to 20.00%) should be interpreted as an effort by policymakers to provide some support to the pound without resorting to heavy FX intervention. So long as global energy prices and inflation fall back as we anticipate, further rate hikes seem unlikely.
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