Thursday 10/July/2025 – 10:37 am
Today, Thursday, July 10, 2025, the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt will hold its fourth meetings since the beginning of this year 2025, to discuss and discuss interest rates on the deposit and lending processes and the price of the main operation of the Central Bank of Egypt, amid the anticipation of investors and financial market experts, the results of the decision expected to be issued this evening, and the variation of expectations between installation and reduction for the third time in a row.
Central Bank meeting to discuss interest rates
The committee, headed by the governor of the Central Bank, meets 8 times throughout the year, periodically, according to the schedule specified to discuss interest rates, according to the committee’s vision of the current economic conditions and inflation rates, with the aim of taking balanced decisions on interest rates, supporting prices and enhancing the path of economic reform.
The Monetary Policy Committee includes 6 members, chaired by the Governor of the Central Bank, and includes in its membership the deputy governors, the head of the Financial Supervisory Authority, and a representative of the Ministry of Finance, in addition to a non -executive member of the Central Bank’s board of directors with economic experience.
Central Bank Resolution in May 2025
At the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt in May 2025, the committee decided to reduce interest rates for the second time in a row, as the price of the return and lending for one night was reduced by 100 basis points to reach 24.00% and 25.00%, respectively, while the price of the main process of the central bank was reduced to 24.50%, and this decision came within the framework of the central bank’s endeavor to keep pace with economic challenges and enhance the stability of prices in the local market.
Central meeting expectations .. Ezz Hassanein: Reducing the benefit is the most appropriate option
The expectations of economic experts and financial market experts vary the results of the central bank’s monetary meeting tomorrow, Thursday, regarding the interest rates on deposit and lending, between fixation and continued reduction by a slight rate, especially with the decline in the rate of inflation in Egypt during June 2025.
Dr. Ezz Hassanein, the economist, said that reducing interest rates is the most appropriate decision for the continuation of the monetary facilitation policy that the Central Bank of Egypt started in the previous two sessions, where interest has been reduced by 3.25% since the beginning of 2025, adding that this gradual policy is not limited to a direct impact on the markets, but rather provides an environment that is favorable to invest in the local economy.
Hassanein expected in statements to Cairo 24, that the central bank will continue to take a step to reduce interest in its upcoming meetings, noting that it is possible that the reduction rate will reach at least 1%.
For his part, Dr. Hani Aboul Fotouh, the economist, explained that the stabilization of interest rates is the closest option in the upcoming Egyptian Central Bank meeting tomorrow, Thursday, July 10, 2025.
Abu Al -Fotouh stressed in statements to Cairo 24 that this trend comes in light of the local and international economic developments, as the central bank may prefer to keep the interest rate unchanged to face the current economic challenges.
