Egypt's fiscal deficit to narrow to 6.4 pct in 2019/20 fiscal year: report

Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-12 20:13:34|Editor: xuxin
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CAIRO, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Egypt's fiscal deficit will shrink to 6.4 percent of GDP in 2019/20 fiscal year (FY) from 9.4 percent in 2017/18 FY, said a report by the official news agency MENA on Wednesday.

The fiscal deficit is expected to be 7.8 percent of GDP in 2018/19 FY, said the report release by economic agency Fitch Solutions.

"Egypt's fiscal deficit will continue to shrink in the coming years as robust economic growth and fiscal reforms bolster revenues and help to temper expenditure growth," the report said.

Egypt has already implemented significant fiscal reforms in recent years.

"As a result, we believe that Egypt recorded a primary surplus of 0.2 percent of GDP in 2017/18 FY, the first time the country has run a primary surplus since 2003/04 FY," the report said.

Fitch Solutions expected Egypt's primary surplus to rise to 2.1 percent of GDP in 2018/19 FY and 2.3 percent of GDP in 2019/20 FY.

It forecasts total public debt to fall from an estimated 89.4 percent of GDP in 2017/18 FY to 84.3 percent in 2018/19 FY and 78.6 percent of GDP in 2019/20 FY, due to the country's fiscal consolidation and robust economic growth.

Over years of instability due to turmoil, Egypt has suffered economic recession.

It started a strict three-year economic reform program based on austerity measures including fuel and energy subsidy cuts and tax hikes in 2016.

The IMF supported Egypt's economic reform plan with a 12-billion-dollar loan, two thirds of which has already been delivered.

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