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Egypt's urban inflation jumps to 14.4 pct in Feb from 12.7 pct in Jan

CAIRO, March 10 (Reuters) - Egypt's annual urban consumer price inflation increased to 14.4 percent in February from 12.7 percent in January, the official statistics agency CAPMAS said on Sunday.

Egypt has implemented a series of tough austerity measures to help meet the terms of a $12 billion IMF loan programme it signed in late 2016. (Reporting by Yousef Saba; editing by Christian Schmollinger)