budget deficit

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood is campaigning for September’s parliamentary elections on a platform to trim the country’s budget deficit. The group,…

Officials from the Finance Ministry held meetings over the past two days to examine ways of financing the state budget…

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has placed US$3 billion at the disposal of Egypt to use whenever it wishes, even…

When President Hosni Mubarak resigned on 11 February, he left behind a troubled economy. One of his more potent economic…

Egypt's budget deficit in the fiscal year to June 2010 was narrower than first thought at 8.1 percent of gross…

The Finance Ministry has announced a plan to pay for approximately LE8.7 billion increases in public expenditure starting July.Taxes on…

Egypt will spend an additional 32 billion Egyptian pounds on subsidies in 2010/11, but the increase will not affect the…

Athens--Clashes have broken out in Athens and the northern city of Thessaloniki, as tens of thousands of Greeks demonstrate against…

A ruling party official warned against increasing subsidies for petroleum products because of the repercussions for the state budget deficit.…

According to a Finance Ministry report issued Monday covering the first half of the 2009/2010 fiscal year, total government expenditure…