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How Egypt Is Becoming the New EM Frontier
In this episode of The Emerging Markets Podcast, Lucas and Luna examine Egypt's surprising emergence as a frontier market to watch in 2026. With the Egyptian pound stabilizing after a 40% devaluation in 2024 and the IMF program on track, foreign portfolio inflows are returning. The hosts zero in on the Ras El Hekma deal – a $35 billion investment from Abu Dhabi that is reshaping the country's external accounts. They also touch on the broader implications for other dollar-starved EMs, using live data from the trade-weighted dollar index at 119.3 and the yuan at 6.81 per dollar to…
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