Tuesday 23/December/2025 – 01:17 PM
Announce Central Bankwithdrawing liquidity worth 107.2 billion pounds, today, Tuesday, December 23, 2025, from 8 banks, through open market bidding, at an interest rate of 21.5%, according to what was published on the bank’s official website.
The Central Bank withdraws liquidity amounting to 107.2 billion pounds from 8 banks
This comes before the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Central Bank of Egypt, the day after tomorrow, Thursday, December 25, 2025, to determine the fate of deposit and lending interest rates and the bank’s main operation rate, in the committee’s last meeting in 2025, amid mixed expectations for the decision between stabilization and reduction.
This step comes within the framework of the Central Bank’s monetary policy aimed at managing surplus liquidity within the banking system and adjusting interest rates in line with the objectives of monetary policy.
The Central Bank issued new instructions regarding the rules governing the main process of linking deposits, which is conducted through weekly fixed-price auctions, as the bank announces the size of the process in advance, and bids are accepted based on the participation rate of each bank, so that the main process price is applied to it.
As part of modernizing work mechanisms in line with international best practices, the Bank decided to modify the method of accepting bids, moving from a proportional allocation system to accepting all submitted bids, in order to ensure greater effectiveness in the impact of monetary policy.
The Central Bank explained that it will continue to manage liquidity in a way that supports market stability and achieves a balance between supply and demand, while committing to maintain the weighted average overnight return rate within the main operation price range, thus enhancing the efficiency of monetary policy tools in directing interest rates.
The volume of local liquidity in the banking sector increased to record 13.686 trillion pounds at the end of last October, compared to 13.622 trillion pounds at the end of last September, according to recent data from the Central Bank of Egypt.
