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Central Bank of Egypt

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

Headquarters

Cairo

30°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

25 June 1898 (1898-06-25)[1]

100% state ownership[2]

Hassan Abdullah

Egypt

Egyptian pound
EGP (ISO 4217)

US$40.361 billion[2]

12.25[3]

11.25%[3]

National Bank of Egypt (until 1960)

www.cbe.org.eg

Regulates and the banking system of Egypt;

banks

Formulates and implements Egypt's banking policy, and credit policy;

monetary policy

Issues ;

banknotes

Manages and the foreign exchange reserves of the Arab Republic of Egypt

gold

Regulates and manages Egypt's presence in the ;

foreign exchange market

Supervises the national ;

payments system

Manages Egypt's public and private .

external debt

Its functions include

List of central banks of Africa

Economy of Egypt

List of central banks

Official website