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Egypt's Prime Minister Hisham Kandil talks during a news conference with IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde (not pictured) at the cabinet headquarters in Cairo, August 22, 2012. REUTERS/Asmaa Waguih

Egypt\'s PM eyes growth, aims to cut deficit
Egypt's PM eyes growth, aims to cut deficit
Posted : Sunday, 09 September 2012 05:46AM

CAIRO (Reuters) - Prime Minister Hisham Kandil expects Egypt's economy to grow by 3-4 percent in the financial year 2012/13 and could hit the government's target of 4-4.5 percent if its goals for public and private investment flows were achieved, he said on Sunday.

Speaking to Reuters in an interview he also said that the government aimed to cut the budget deficit, now running at about 8 percent of gross domestic product, by 1 percentage point in two years, although he said that target was "dynamic".

(Reporting by Edmund Blair and Patrick Werr; Editing by Greg Mahlich)

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