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Egypt: political chaos raises risk of major economic crisis

Various events over the past couple of days have thrown Egypt’s fragile political transition into disarray. These developments raise fresh doubts over the country’s ability to secure external financial assistance and in turn increase the risk of a full-blown balance of payments crisis. 

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