VOL. XXXVI

NO. 52

27-SEPTEMBER-1993

Financial and Banking News

ECONOMIC POLICY

IMF Approves Three Year Facility For Egypt

The IMF has approved a three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) under whichEgypt can draw up to SDR400mn ($569mn). The facility aims to support medium-termeconomic and financial reform, and follows a two-year standby credit forSDR234.4mn which expired in May after a six-month extension. Egypt willprobably not need to draw on the facility, since it has foreign currencyreserves of...