Items related to Momtaz al-Saeed

New finance minister supports IMF loan, lacks government experience
Stephen Kalin 14 Jan 2013
A public finance professor with an Islamic finance specialization, and no experience in government or politics, has...
Building of headquarters of Central Bank of Egypt in Downtown
FJP slams central bank for dollar rise
Al-Masry Al-Youm 02 Jan 2013
The Freedom and Justice Party’s economic committee head Abdallah Shehata is blaming the Central Bank for the...
State budget suffers incurable disease, says finance minister
Egypt Independent 30 Dec 2012
  The state budget suffers from an incurable disease, with resources only covering 60 percent of public...
Consumer waiting to get diesel fuel, gas station, Cairo, 21 May, 2011. The diesel shortage crisis heated up across governorates,as citizens fight daily for diesel fuel at gas stations leading to clashes and injuries.
Finance Ministry: tax changes in January 2013
Al-Masry Al-Youm 29 Dec 2012
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said changes to taxation, including the increased taxes on some goods, will be applied...
New taxes will not affect lower income categories, govt claims
Al-Masry Al-Youm 24 Dec 2012
Finance Minister Momtaz al-Saeed said Monday that a planned set of tax amendments will not adversely affect people with...
Dozens of political activists taking part in protest against IMF loan, in front of Stock Exchange, Cairo, 29 August 2012.
Egypt requests delay of IMF loan approval
Egypt Independent 11 Dec 2012
Prime Minister Hesham Qandil confirmed that Egypt has requested from the International Monetary Fund a one-month delay...
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsy (L) meets with Water Minister Hesham Qandil at the presidential palace, Cairo, 22 July 2012. Mursi has asked Kandil, a relatively young water minister little known outside Egypt, to form a new government, disappointing investors who had hoped for a high-profile economy specialist. Picture taken July 22, 2012.
FJP leader accuses Cabinet of undermining Morsy
Egypt Independent 11 Nov 2012
A prominent Freedom and Justice Party MP in the Shura Council on Sunday accused Prime Minister Hesham Qandil’s...
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde looks at one of the pyramids while listening to a guide's explanation as she visits the Pyramids in Giza, at the end of her visit to Egypt, 22 August 2012. Egypt requested a $4.8 billion loan from the IMF and hopes for a deal by the end of year, officials said during a visit on Wednesday by Lagarde to discuss helping the ailing economy.
Egypt sees IMF loan deal in Dec, Cabinet approves stock market tax
Reuters 07 Nov 2012
  Egypt expects to reach a loan agreement with the IMF by mid-December after talks this month focusing on...
International Monetary Fund
Egypt expects IMF decision within 10 days from talks
Al-Masry Al-Youm 05 Nov 2012
The International Monetary Fund will make its final decision on Egypt's request for a US$4.2 million loan within 10...
File photo dated March 21,2011 of Dr. Mumtaz al-Said, the new Finance Minister.
Finance minister: Egypt close to US$1 bn loan from World Bank
Egypt Independent 15 Oct 2012
Egypt had agreed with the World Bank on the terms for obtaining a US$1 billion loan to finance projects that are part...