**What USD : EGP rate are you using in your 2017 budget? What’s your outlook on the economy? Do you want to hold more assets outside of Egypt? We ask this and more in our quarterly reader survey. We’re also leaving you a box (optional) in which to tell us anything you want about business, the economy, Enterprise — you name it. Among the reader responses that stood out from yesterday, in whole or in part:

• There’s some serious head-hunting going on in the PE industry from global funds looking at Egypt. Probably a good sign.
• History tells us that after a revolution, it takes several decades and several governments to reach stability and democracy. (Chile, France, Spain, etc.)
• I see the recent initiatives taken by the government as clear steps in the right direction and from an economic / political perspective this is great for the long-term prospects for Egypt. My main concern remains (and I really do not like to say it) with the general Egyptian public…

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