Bloomberg Egypt’s central bank made its fifth interest-rate cut of the year, after a surprise slowdown in inflation gave authorities scope to resume an easing cycle. The regulator reduced its benchmark deposit rate by 100 basis points to 20% and the lending rate by the same amount to 21%, it said Thursday in a statement on its Facebook page. Most Read from Bloomberg Of five economists in a Bloomberg survey, only two predicted the cut. The others expected an extension of November’s rate pause. The Nor ...