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Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n The Egyptian pound experienced a significant appreciation, surging by 39 percent against the US dollar in just a few days amidst a backdrop of uncertainty in the black market. This dramatic rise brought the exchange rate of the US currency down from 75 to 55 Egyptian pounds.<\/p>\n This notable increase occurred as Egypt reached a pivotal agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to enhance its existing program from $3 billion to over $10 billion. This expansion is in collaboration with international partners, including the International Finance Corporation and the European Union, marking a significant step in bolstering Egypt\u2019s economic stability and growth prospects.<\/p>\n In the financial markets, the non-deliverable futures (NDF) contracts for the Egyptian pound witnessed an 8 percent decline on Monday, settling at 56.75 pounds to the dollar for 12-month contracts, as reported by Bloomberg. This movement in the futures market reflects investors\u2019 expectations and speculations about the currency\u2019s future trajectory.<\/p>\n The gold market also saw a downturn, with prices dropping to 3,520 Egyptian pounds ($113.5 official rate, $64 black market) per gram for 21-carat gold, marking the lowest level in three weeks. This decline was highlighted by data from Al Arabiya Business, indicating a temporary easing in the precious metal\u2019s value amidst the broader economic developments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sudan Events – Sumaya Sayed\u00a0 The Egyptian pound experienced a significant appreciation, surging by 39 percent against the US dollar in just a few days amidst a backdrop of uncertainty in the black market. This dramatic rise brought the exchange rate of the US currency down from 75 to 55 Egyptian pounds. This notable …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13696,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13695"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13697,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13695\/revisions\/13697"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}