Egypt’s annual core consumer price index (CPI) inflation recorded 22.6% in January 2025, compared to 23.2% in December 2024, according to the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) data.

Egypt has achieved a record number in tourist arrivals in 2024, receiving 15.7 million tourists, despite the region’s geopolitical conditions, Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy highlighted.

Egypt's annual headline inflation hit 23.4% in December, compared to 25% in November, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) revealed in a press release on January 9th.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) decided to keep key interest rates unchanged for the sixth consecutive time during its final meeting for 2024 held on Thursday.