The Central Agency for Public Mobilisation and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced that the annual inflation rate in Egypt’s urban areas stabilised at 12.3% in December 2025, unchanged from November. Food prices lead disinflationCAPMAS attributed the decline in annual inflation primarily to lower prices across several key expenditure groups. CAPMAS noted that monthly inflation for the overall Republic rose by 0.1% in December 2025. Monetary policy outlookThe inflation data comes after the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) of the Central Bank of Egypt cut its key policy rates by 1% at its final meeting of 2025. The committee is scheduled to hold eight meetings in 2026 to review the outlook for key policy rates.

Source: Daily News Egypt January 10, 2026 17:07 UTC