Egypt Tightens Spending on Costly Projects Amid Currency Crunch

A currency exchange store in Cairo.

Photographer: Khaled Desouki /AFP/Getty Images

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Egypt passed new rules aimed at curbing state spending, including halting costly new projects, as the North African nation struggles with its worst foreign-currency squeeze in years.