Egypt has finalised a staff-level agreement with the international monetary fund (IMF) on the components of its programme, and will issue an announcement 'very soon,' the country's finance minister said on Sunday.
The International Monetary Fund headquarters building is seen in Washington, U.S., April 8, 2019. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/File PhotoOct 16 - Egypt has finalised a staff-level agreement with the international monetary fund on the components of its programme, and will issue an announcement "very soon," the country's finance minister said on Sunday.
"Very productive bilateral discussions were held with IMF staff on the sidelines of the IMF and World Bank's annual meetings in Washington, and significant progress was made across all policies," Mohamed Maait said in a statement.for a financial support package in March, soon after the Ukrainian crisis threw its already unsettled finances into further disarray and led foreign investors to pull nearly $20 billion out of Egyptian treasury markets in a matter of weeks.
In its own parallel statement on Saturday, the IMF said it had agreed with Egyptian authorities to finalise work to reach a staff-level agreement "very soon." The policies discussed, according to the IMF statement, included monetary and exchange rate policies that "would enable Egypt to gradually and sustainably rebuild foreign reserves," public debt reduction, social safety net expansion, and increasing competitiveness in the economy.
"We are proceeding with raising the efficiency of public spending, ensuring optimal utilization of state resources, improving the budget structure, and enhancing financial transparency," Maait said.Reporting by Moataz Mohamed; writing by Nafisa Eltahir; Editing by Louise Heavens
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