Egypt’s banking sector liquidity rises to EGP 12.8trn in May 2025

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) has reported that total liquidity in the country’s banking sector increased to EGP 12.821trn in May 2025, up from EGP 12.684trn in April—reflecting a monthly rise of around EGP 137bn.

According to the CBE’s latest report, the money supply reached EGP 3.285trn in May, compared to EGP 3.170trn in April. The volume of currency in circulation outside the banking system rose to EGP 1.355trn, up from EGP 1.292trn in the previous month.

The report also highlighted a notable increase in non-government deposits denominated in local currency, which rose to EGP 8.432trn in May, up from EGP 8.270trn in April—an increase of EGP 162bn.

Within this category, demand deposits in local currency reached EGP 1.930trn, up from EGP 1.878trn a month earlier. Of this total, the public business sector held EGP 90.569bn, the private business sector EGP 1.043trn, and the household sector EGP 796.348bn.

Meanwhile, time deposits and savings certificates in local currency totalled EGP 6.502trn in May, compared to EGP 6.392trn in April. This included EGP 80.052bn from the public business sector, EGP 317.614bn from the private business sector, and EGP 6.104trn from the household sector.