VOL. XXXII

NO. 20

20-FEBRUARY-1989

Financial and Banking News

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Egypt Promises Austerity Measures

The Egyptian Government has plans for a series of price increases andsubsidy cuts which will lead to the eventual abolition of the Central Bank poolexchange rate of E0.70,$1 by July of this year. According to a "Memorandumof Economic Policies for 1988/89 and the Medium Term. which has been circulatedby the Egyptian authorities to its foreign creditors within the context ofParis Club...