RIYADH: The Central Bank of Egypt has raised its economic growth forecast to 5.1 percent for the 2025/26 fiscal year and 5.5 percent for 2026/27, up from previous projections of 4.8 percent and 5.1 percent, respectively.
The improved projection is attributed to the anticipated increase in contributions from the non-oil manufacturing and services sectors, with expectations of accelerated growth supported by the continuation of the monetary easing cycle.
This is expected to support real growth in credit extended to the private sector in the coming period, therefore boosting economic activity, according to a statement.
The revised forecast follows Egypt’s 5.3 percent gross domestic product growth in the first quarter of 2025/26, the strongest expansion in more than three years, according to the Minister of Planning and Economic Development Rania Al-Mashat in November.
At the time, Al-Mashat underlined that this acceleration was driven by improvements in productive sectors.
