Analysts have shaved their forecasts for Egyptian economic growth in a Reuters poll for this year and next as the Iran war drives up energy prices and puts pressure on inflation. Gross domestic product growth will be 4.6% in the year to June, 4.6% next year and 5.5% in 2027/28, according to the median estimate of 12 economists surveyed April 8-23. In a January poll, before the war broke out, economists had predicted growth of 4.9%, thinking reforms taken under an International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme two years earlier were bearing fruit faster than anticipated.