The most striking development, however, was the loss of international reserves in the year following the Tahrir Square revolution. The International Monetary Fund estimates that foreign-currency reserves fell by half, to $18 billion, by December 2011, owing partly to the worsening current-account balance, but, more importantly, to withdrawal from Egypt by foreign and domestic investors alike.
但是，最令人担心的发展趋势是解放广场革命成功后一年来国际储备的减少。IMF估计，截至2011年12月，埃及外汇储备大约减少了一半，下降至180亿美元，部分原因是经常项目收支恶化，但更重要的原因在于国内外投资者从埃及收回投资。