- Amid Egypt’s Financial Pressure
- Egypt’s budget deficit has dropped to 11.5% of the GDP in 2014/2015 compared to 12.2% in 2013/2014
- Egypt’s current account deficit widened to 12.2 BN USD in 2014/2015 compared to 2.7 BN USD in 2013/2014 as the country’s trade deficit widened by 13.9% mainly driven by the fall in merchandise exports, particularly oil exports, – which made up to 28.4% of total merchandise exports; in addition, the current transfers dropped by 28%.