IMF says Egypt's reforms starting to spur turnaround in economy

By Yara Bayoumy CAIRO (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday that Egypt's structural and monetary reforms were starting to produce a turnaround in the economy, which has been hit by persistent turmoil since 2011. The uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak four years ago hit the country's economy hard, discouraging investors and tourists and slashing growth to below 2 percent in 2010/2011. Egypt's current government has since embarked on a series of reforms, and