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Remittances from Egyptian workers abroad at $2.4bn in May

Person, Human, Money Remittance flow between the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kenya rose 30.28% in the first eight months of 2023 bank teller handing over dollars at a counter cash Creative Commons
Remittance flow between the kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Kenya rose 30.28% in the first eight months of 2023

Remittances from Egyptian workers abroad at $2.4 bln in May

Remittances from Egyptian workers abroad reached $2.4 billion in May, the central bank said on Sunday.

Remittances, one of Egypt’s main sources of foreign currency, were at $2.6 billion in May 2021, the bank added.

Egypt’s M2 money supply rose by 23.4 percent year-on-year in June, data from the central bank also showed.

Money supply stood at 6.61 trillion Egyptian pounds ($349 billion), up from 5.35 trillion pounds in the same month last year.