Egypt protests could heap pressure on beleaguered currency

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank faces an uphill task keeping the country's currency stable if mass anti-government protests planned over the coming days turn violent or drag on for too long. A round of violent protests in December triggered a run on the Egyptian pound that cost the government over $2 billion to bring under control and caused it to abandon its policy of a freely convertible currency. Egypt Computing and Information Technology Industry Central Bank Credit Ratings Inflation and Deflation Telecommunication Equipment International Monetary Fund Cairo (Egypt) Egyptian Revolution (2011-12) Hosni Mubarak Microsoft Corporation...