date:Apr 15, 2013
reserves to guarantee food supplies. Food price inflation has stoked unrest in the past.
The effect will be temporary because the demand is a lot higher than this. They must do it again but it is not clear when that will be, said a currency dealer, asking not to be named.
Prime Minister Hisham Kandil said Sunday that the government was looking for ways to stabilize prices of key goods and to ensure the flow of goods into the local market.
He said in comments carried by state news agency MENA