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.