Reuters cited Mr Ashraf al-Araby Planning Minister as saying that Egypt's budget deficit in the year to end June 2013 is expected to widen to EGP 200 billion from a EGP 166.7 billion deficit in 2011-12.
Egypt's budget, released in July, had forecast a 2012-13 deficit of EGP 135 billion.
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http://www.steelguru.com/middle_east_news/Egypt_budget_deficit_expected_to_widen_to_EGP_200_billion_Agency/297030.html
