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Egypt's central bank keeps benchmark rates unchanged

An employee counts money at an exchange office in downtown Cairo June 5, 2014. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank kept its benchmark interest rates unchanged at a monetary policy committee meeting on Thursday. The overnight deposit rate remains 8.75 percent and the overnight lending rate is steady at 9.75, the bank said in a statement.