January 16, 2024/NBS All Items Index In December 2023, the headline inflation rate increased to 28.92% relative to the November 2023 headline inflation rate which was 28.20%. Looking at the movement, the December 2023 headline inflation rate showed an increase of 0.72% points when compared to the November 2023 headline […]
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Egypt Secures US$250 Million Boost for Economic Resilience from AFC, ITFC
The proceeds from the loan will contribute to addressing Egypt’s immediate priorities and boost economic resilience by financing the purchase of critical petroleum products and agricultural commodities January 16, 2024/AFC Africa Finance Corporation (AFC), the continent’s leading provider of infrastructure financing solutions, is to provide a US$250 million Sharia-law compliant […]
BCBS-CPMI-IOSCO Publish Consultative Report on Transparency and Responsiveness of Initial Margin in Centrally Cleared Markets
January 16, 2024/IOSCO BCBS-CPMI-IOSCO call for interested parties to comment on ten policy proposals which aim to improve central clearing participants’ understanding of initial margin calculations and potential future margin requirements. The report proposes that central counterparties (CCPs) should provide additional public disclosures on their margin models and increase the […]
