The Egyptian government has yet to enact a comprehensive solution to the country's deepening economic malaise. However, President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has found a way to avoid shouldering the blame for Egypt's steep trade imbalance and dwindling foreign reserves. On March 23, the government plans to fire about a quarter of its Cabinet ministers, who are supposedly responsible for Egypt's economic problems, in an attempt to redirect growing public opposition away from the al-Sisi administration. But like Egypt's reliance on foreign aid to subsidize domestic programs, the change is less a solution than a stopgap measure. It may protect the government's public image for now, but it will not alleviate the sense of uncertainty pervading Egyptian markets....
