Analyzing Egypt’s Financial Shifts: April 2025 Insights

Analyzing Egypt’s Financial Shifts: April 2025 Insights

  • MENA
  • June 11, 2025

 

In April 2025, the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) released New statistics that indicate significant changes in the country’s financial panorama.

Local liquuidity (m2) experimental A remarkable increase, reaching EGP 12.68 billion (USD 256 billion), above the EGP 12.56 billion (USD 253 billion) in March.

In a recent meeting, the CBE Monetary Policy Committee Fow A decisive movement by reducing key interest rates in 100 basic points.

Consistently, deposit and loan rates during the night, together with the main operation rate of the Central Bank, now stop with 24 percent, 25 percent and 24.5 percent, respectively.

This strategic reduction goals Stimulate economic activity by encouraging loans and investment.

The decision enters answer For several economic indicators, indicating the commitment of the CBE to the ghost of a more favorable environment for growth. The credit rate and discount also saw a fall to 24.5 percent, further relieving indebtedness costs for companies and individuals equally.

Accordance For CBE, the general money supply reached EGP 3.17 billion (USD 63 billion) in April, slightly below EGP 3,209 billion (USD 64 billion) the previous month.

Notable cash circulation outside the banking system also marginally immersed EGP 1,292 billion (USD 26 billion).

In the foreign currency front, non -governmental deposits in local banks increased to the equivalent of EGP 3,121 billion (USD 62 billion), which reflects greater confidence in the capacity of the banking system to manage foreign investments.