2025.08.1005:41:23UTC+00Egypt Inflation Rate at 3-Month Low

Egypt's annual urban inflation rate decreased for the second month in a row, reaching 13.9% in July 2025, a decline from 14.9% in June. This follows a peak in May, primarily due to rising fuel costs. July's inflation rate marks the lowest since April, with a significant slowdown in food prices being a major factor. Food price inflation was the lowest since June 2021, dropping to 3.4% from 6.9% in June. Additionally, price increases eased across several sectors: transport (from 42.2% to 41.5%), restaurants and hotels (from 17.3% to 15.2%), clothing (from 16.0% to 14.9%), furnishings (from 13.8% to 12.9%), communications (from 12.2% to 12.1%), and miscellaneous goods and services (from 13.7% to 13.6%). On a month-to-month basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) decreased by 0.5% in July, following a 0.1% downturn in June. This marks the second month of deflation in a row, with the most significant decline since May 2024.