Gross domestic product grew by 3.9% in October-December, the second quarter of the fiscal year, while the unemployment rate fell to 7.2%, the statement said. Economic growth slowed from 4.4% in July-September, while the unemployment rate slipped from 7.4% in that quarter. Egypt's fiscal year begins in July and ends in June. Suez Canal revenues totalled $2.2 billion in the second quarter, up from $1.7 billion in the same period a year earlier. In November, the planning ministry had said Egypt expected its economy to grow almost 5% in 2022/23. Finance minister Mohamed Maait said in December that Egypt targets GDP growth of 5.5% in the 2023/24 fiscal year. (Reporting by Momen Saeed Atallah, Writing by Nayera Abdallah, Editing by Susan Fenton)
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DUBAI, March 14 (Reuters) - Egypt's economy is expected
to grow 4.2% in the current fiscal year ending in June, the
cabinet said on Tuesday, much less than previously forecast.
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