Egypt faces deeper cuts amid stubborn fiscal deficit
The budget deficit remains daunting despite lower energy subsidy costs and increased tax revenues
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- Gulf aid dependence?
- Increased tax take
- Reduced subsidy burden
- Deficit dilemma
- State salaries
- Interest payments
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_350.jpg "Finance Minister Hany Kadry Dimian at a news conference in Cairo (Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany)")