The decision by privately-owned banks in Egypt to raise deposit rates by around two percentage points may slow the rate of dollarization of resident accounts, which could help the central bank in its efforts to stabilise the pound. Nonetheless, any benefits from these moves may be short-lived, and therefore are unlikely to be enough to keep the currency stable for long.
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