Inflation & Prices

Egypt Inflation Quickens Near Peak Reached After 2016 Crisis

A bakery in Cairo, Egypt. 

Photographer: Shawn Baldwin/Bloomberg

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Inflation in urban parts of Egypt rose to its highest since the aftermath of a currency crisis in 2016, following a surge in food prices linked to the devaluation of the country’s pound.