We estimate that the Central Bank of Egypt has sufficient FX reserves to maintain its current rate of intervention in the foreign exchange markets until early next year. Assuming this month’s elections go ahead as planned, this gives the new government a comparatively short window to agree either an IMF deal or financing assistance from the GCC. Without it, a sharp fall in the Egyptian pound and Egyptian asset prices more generally looks inevitable.
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