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Central bank accepts repos worth 22bn Eg pounds

Published December 27, 2011 Updated December 27, 2011 09:12pm

Banks had sought repo agreements worth 24.376 billion pounds from the central bank. The repos carry a fixed rate of 9.75 percent.

The central bank introduced its weekly repo offerings on March 20 to manage short-term interest rates after the political and economic unrest

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