inflation

In the summer of 2008, the so-called “food price crisis” took Egypt by storm. Drastically rising food prices made headlines…

To offset the usual food shortages experienced during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan--which this year will begin in August--the…

A 40-percent tax increase was levied on tobacco products this month with the stated aim of reducing the number of…

The Tax Authority has warned wholesale and retail cigarette traders against selling their wares at prices higher than those specified…

A 43-year-old single mother, identified in press reports as Seham Abdel-Salam, throttled her son to death with a towel, then…

The Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Thursday announced that the annual inflation rate in urban areas…

Government statistics agency CAPMAS on Monday revealed that the national inflation rate had risen by 0.9 percent in April, compared…

Following a decision last week by the Egyptian Chamber of Tourist Establishments, all restaurants and food outlets have been ordered…

Butchers and owners of traditional kebab-and-kofta restaurants--the menu selections of which are usually priced by the kilo--say that skyrocketing meat…

Finance Minister Youssef Boutros-Ghali has rejected a proposal by Shura Council members to introduce a progressive income tax."Our unified income…