{"version":"1","article":{"id":"egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","slug":"egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026?lang=en","title":"Egypt’s balance-of-payments deficit narrows to $1.8 billion in nine months","summary":"A report reviewed by Egypt’s Ministerial Economic Group put the balance-of-payments deficit at $1.8 billion for July–March of fiscal 2025/26, compared with about $1.9 billion in the same period a year earlier.","category":"fiscal","region":"world","topics":[],"published_at":"2026-10-10T20:27:35+03:00","modified_at":"2026-10-10T20:27:35+03:00","publication_basis":"publication-record","event_period":"2026-09-07","event_period_basis":"event-or-reference-period","sources":[{"name":"Egypt State Information Service / Cabinet of Egypt","url":"https://sis.gov.eg/en/media-center/news/pm-govt-reaffirms-its-commitment-to-continuing-implementation-of-its-national-economic-reform-program","checkedAt":"2026-10-10","publishedAt":"2026-09-07"}],"translations":[{"language":"tr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/tr/news/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026?lang=tr"},{"language":"en","url":"https://haberpaper.com/en/news/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026?lang=en"},{"language":"ar","url":"https://haberpaper.com/ar/news/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026?lang=ar"},{"language":"fr","url":"https://haberpaper.com/fr/news/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026?lang=fr"},{"language":"es","url":"https://haberpaper.com/es/news/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026","api_url":"https://haberpaper.com/api/v1/articles/egypt-balance-payments-nine-months-fy2026?lang=es"}],"data_types":[],"data":null,"data_compilations":[],"data_downloads":[],"content":{"paragraphs":["Egypt’s State Information Service said the Ministerial Economic Group, chaired by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on 7 September, reviewed a balance-of-payments report for July–March of fiscal 2025/26. The report put the overall deficit at about $1.8 billion, compared with roughly $1.9 billion during the same nine months of the previous fiscal year.","The report also described a significant increase in remittances from Egyptians working abroad and said foreign direct investment inflows rose by about one-third during the first nine months. It said those flows supported foreign-currency resources and helped narrow the deficit. The release did not give the absolute values for remittances or investment inflows; the comparison is with the equivalent period a year earlier."],"key_points":[],"sections":[]},"text":"A report reviewed by Egypt’s Ministerial Economic Group put the balance-of-payments deficit at $1.8 billion for July–March of fiscal 2025/26, compared with about $1.9 billion in the same period a year earlier.\n\nEgypt’s State Information Service said the Ministerial Economic Group, chaired by Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly on 7 September, reviewed a balance-of-payments report for July–March of fiscal 2025/26. The report put the overall deficit at about $1.8 billion, compared with roughly $1.9 billion during the same nine months of the previous fiscal year.\n\nThe report also described a significant increase in remittances from Egyptians working abroad and said foreign direct investment inflows rose by about one-third during the first nine months. It said those flows supported foreign-currency resources and helped narrow the deficit. The release did not give the absolute values for remittances or investment inflows; the comparison is with the equivalent period a year earlier.","corrections":[],"editorial_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"},"section_illustration":{"kind":"symbolic-editorial-illustration","documentary":false,"scope":"section","asset_id":"fiscal","url":"https://haberpaper.com/assets/illustrations/fiscal-1536.webp","width":1536,"height":1024,"alt":"Symbolic public finance illustration with a civic building, balanced scale and closed books.","language":"en"}}}