Global rating agency Standard and Poor's (File photo: Reuters)
Nov 11 Standard & Poor's (S&P) Global Ratings:
* S&P revises Egypt sovereign credit outlook up to stable from negative; current rating is B-
* Ratings on Egypt remain constrained by "wide fiscal deficits, high public debt, low income levels, and institutional and social fragility"
* Project that Egypt's real GDP growth will exceed 4 percent by 2019
* Increase in Egypt's inflation in near term on currency devaluation, subsidy cuts on top of interest rate hikes to weigh on domestic consumption
* Revised Egypt's outlook to reflect balance between long-standing external, fiscal vulnerabilities among other factors
* Stable outlook balances Egypt's external, fiscal vulnerabilities, against likely IMF support after government's upfront delivery on program reforms
* Anticipate Egypt's economic growth will start recovering in 2018-2019, fueled by domestic consumption and investments
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