The Central Bank of Egypt’s decision to float the pound last week, coming alongside a raft of subsidy cuts, means inflation is likely to climb to more than 20% in the coming months. The impact is likely to be temporary and inflation should start to ease in the middle of next year, but it won’t return to the CBE’s comfort zone of single digits until the latter part of 2018.
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