November 11, 2007	Sunday	Shawwal 29, 1428

CAIRO, Nov 10: Egypt’s gross domestic product measured by current prices jumped 17.8 per cent in the year to the end of June to 684.4bn Egyptian pounds ($124.44bn), state news agency MENA reported on Saturday.

The report, citing Egypt’s Central Bank, did not give further details on GDP growth.

The government said in August that the economy had grown 7.1 per cent in real terms during the same period, its fastest in at least two decades, as investment grew.—Reuters