Credit Ratings
The decision comes one week after the investor service’s downgrade of Egypt’s sovereign outlook to negative, citing increased risks caused by challenging macroeconomic and exchange rate rebalancing
Fitch lowered its long-term issuer default rating for state-owned National Bank of Egypt, Banque Misr and Banque Du Caire, as well as Commercial International Bank (CIB)
Since March 2022, the three banks released multiple types of high-yield CDs, ranging from annual yields of 18 percent to 25 percent
The minister explained that these measures contributed to Standard & Poor's fixing Egypt's credit rating with a stable outlook, especially in light of commitment to the pace of economic reform supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with an agreement extending to 48 months.
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