VOL. XXXVI

NO. 32

10-MAY-1993

Financial and Banking News

BUDGETS AND REVENUES

Egyptian Draft Budget Projects 4.5% Increase In Spending

The 1993/94 Egyptian draft budget, which was presented to the People'sAssembly (parliament) on 29 April, proposes a 4.5% increase in total expenditureto E65.36bn and a 5.4% increase in total revenue to E56.3bn over the 1992/93figures. The deficit in 1993/94 is estimated at E9bn, or slightly less thanthe previous year. The following table summarizes the Egyptian...