Egypt Pound Plunges in Third Devaluation in Less Than Year

  • Pound slipped as much as 26.5 per dollar in offshore market
  • Nation’s dollar bonds rallied Wednesday with IMF in focus
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The Egyptian pound plunged to a record low on Wednesday as authorities navigate the country’s worst foreign-exchange crunch in half a decade.