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Egyptian banking expert Mohamed Abdel Moneim says the Central Bank's interest rate increase aims to curb dollarization and rising dollar demand amid pressure on the foreign exchange market. He says higher yields on pound savings are meant to discourage households from buying and hoarding dollars.
Higher Egyptian rates are aimed at supporting the pound and containing imported inflation driven by costlier energy and a stronger dollar. For feed buyers, a weaker pound raises the local-currency cost of imported feed inputs, while tighter credit can slow borrowing by smaller livestock and feed businesses.
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