Central Bank of Egypt

Central Bank of Egypt
البنك المركزي المصري
HeadquartersCairo
Coordinates30°03′16.9″N 31°14′48.0″E / 30.054694°N 31.246667°E / 30.054694; 31.246667 30°03′29″N 31°14′03″E / 30.0581°N 31.2343°E / 30.0581; 31.2343
Established25 June 1898 (1898-06-25)[1]
Ownership100% state ownership[2]
GovernorHassan Abdullah
Central bank ofEgypt
CurrencyEgyptian pound
EGP (ISO 4217)
ReservesUS$40.361 billion[2]
Bank rate12.25[3]
Interest on reserves11.25%[3]
Preceded byNational Bank of Egypt (until 1960)
Websitewww.cbe.org.eg

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE; Arabic: البنك المركزي المصري) is the central bank and monetary authority of the Arab Republic of Egypt.

  1. ^ "Émergence d'une banque centrale" (PDF). bcl.lu (in French). Retrieved 11 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b Weidner, Jan (2017). "The Organisation and Structure of Central Banks" (PDF). Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek.
  3. ^ a b "Press Release". Central Bank of Egypt. 28 March 2019. Retrieved 31 March 2019.