The total marked a $151.7 million increase from $52.59 billion in January 2025, extending a steady upward trend since the CBE introduced corrective measures on 6 March 2024, including a six percent interest rate hike.
The move aimed to curb inflation, stabilize prices in the local market, and strengthen foreign currency liquidity to boost inflows, including remittances.
The government has been implementing fiscal and monetary reforms, supported by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) $8 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF) and the $1.3 billion Resilience and Sustainability Facility (RSF), which were approved in February. The approvals unlocked about $2.27 billion in new financing.
The IMF programme allows Egypt to immediately draw around $2 billion under the EFF and $273 million under the RSF. This brings total disbursements under both arrangements to about $5.2 billion, equivalent to 190.7 percent of Egypt’s IMF quota.
Egypt is expected to maintain a stronger macroeconomic performance in 2026, supported by solid foreign currency inflows and easing inflation, which fell to 11.9 percent in January 2026. The current account deficit also narrowed to 4.2 percent of GDP, reflecting stronger remittances and tourism revenues.
The government is targeting economic growth of 7.5 percent by 2030, driven by exports, investment in human capital, and a larger role for the private sector, according to its economic narrative.
In 2025, the private sector secured $2.9 billion, around EGP 136.5 billion, in financing, accounting for about 65 percent of total investments.
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