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Egypt’s Minister of Industry, Khaled Hashem, chaired a steering committee meeting of the Egypt Country Partnership Programme (PCP), implemented in cooperation with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), to…
May 20, 2026
· 4 min read
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Ahmed Rostom, Minister of Planning and Economic Development, inaugurated a high-level consultation session with the World Bank Group as part of joint efforts to examine an infrastructure financing and guarantee…
May 20, 2026
· 4 min read
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Food inflation slows to 3%, led by meat and chocolate; prices of computer game downloads drop sharply; economists say benign inflation data reduces chances of June rate hikeStamp duty should…
May 20, 2026
· 1 min read
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Grasping this opportunity cwill depend not just on technological capability, but on how effectively we support and scale these businesses, writes Katie Aghabala
May 20, 2026
· 1 min read
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Jobless rate unexpectedly rises to 5% and employment falls by 100,000, biggest drop in six years; economists say June interest rate hike looks less likelyOur economics editor Heather Stewart reports:I’m…
May 19, 2026
· 1 min read
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International Monetary Fund says ‘Staying the course on deficit reduction will be important’ for the UK, in annual assessment of the economyIMF urges UK to ‘stay the course’ on borrowing…
May 18, 2026
· 1 min read