Egypt's economy grew at 3 pct in third quarter of 2014/2015 - report

CAIRO, July 2 (Reuters) - Egypt's economy grew at 3 percent in the third quarter of the 2014/2015 fiscal year which ended in March, compared with 2.5 percent in the same period a year earlier, the planning ministry said on its website on Thursday.

The fiscal year runs from July to June.

Egypt's 2015/2016 budget projects growth of 5 percent.

(Reporting By Stephen Kalin; Editing by Yara Bayoumy and Robin Pomeroy) ((stephen.kalin@thomsonreuters.com; +20 22 578 3290; Reuters Messaging: stephen.kalin.thomsonreuters.com@reuters.net))

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