Al-Ahram Weekly

16 - 22 October 2008
Issue No. 918
Economy

Published in Cairo by AL-AHRAM established in 1875

Though several basic food commodities have become cheaper internationally, Mona El-Fiqi discovers they might stay expensive locally

Oil and gold are priced at two opposite extremes, reports Sherine Nasr

The global credit crunch adds to the troubles of one of the world's most famous waterways, writes Amirah Ibrahim

As the real dimensions of the recent bounce in the market remain unclear, Sherine Abdel-Razek reports on efforts to extend it