VOL. XLIII

No. 17

24-April-2000

EGYPT

Egypts Foreign Reserves Continue To Fall, Interbank Rates Ease

According to the latest statistics released by the Central Bank of Egypt, foreign reserves slipped to $15.18bn in January from $15.63bn in December and $19.503bn in January 1999. But Egypts Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade Yusuf Boutros Ghali told reporters at a news conference held at the Middle East News Agency (MENA) on 9 April that declining foreign currency reserves should not cause...