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Analysts debate whether the Egyptian pound's dollar rate could climb to 70 or 80 by year-end, citing hot-money outflows, debt-service costs and regional disruptions to hard-currency earnings. The central bank raised its deposit rate by one point to 20% on October 29, and the dollar has hovered near 56 pounds.
Expectations of further pound weakness raise the cost of dollar-priced feed imports for Egypt, while the rate hike aims to curb that pressure.
alnaharegypt.comأحمد أبو شوشةNov 2, 2026Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
