| 2/11/2020 - Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves rose to 19.8 billion dinars, the equivalent of 114 days of imports, official data showed , boosted by growth of the tourism sector and remittances from Tunisians ab... |
| 2/7/2020 - Tunisia’s current account deficit has narrowed compared to a year ago, the central bank governor said , citing more tourism revenue and a stronger dinar. In televised comments to parliamen... |
| 12/3/2019 - Tunisia’s designated prime minister Habib Jemli expects to pull together a new coalition government next week after an election in October produced a fractured parliament. Since the 2011 re... |
| 9/30/2019 - Tunisia’s state budget will rise from 40 billion dinars in 2019 to 47 billion dinars in 2020 ($16.4 billion), TAP state news agency quoted Finance Minister Ridha Chalgoum saying . The defic... |
| 9/19/2019 - Tunisia’s foreign currency reserves rose to the equivalent of 103 days of imports, official data showed , driven by a strong recovery of the tourism sector. Central bank data showed the forei... |
| 8/21/2019 - Tunisia’s state grains agency is seeking to buy 92,000 tonnes of milling wheat in a tender , European traders said. * The tender sought three 25,000 tonne consignments and one of 17,000 ton... |
| 7/16/2019 - Tunisia’s foreign reserves have risen after it sold a 700 million euro bond last week, and are now enough to pay for 87 days of imports, official data showed Up from a previous level of 73 days. |
| 6/12/2019 - Tunisia’s trade deficit widened to 8.1 billion dinars ($2.75 billion) in the first five months of the year from 6.6 billion dinars in the same period of 2018, the State Statistics Institute said <... |
| 4/9/2019 - Tunisia’s trade deficit widened in the first quarter of this year to 3.973 billion dinars ($1.33 billion)from 3.655 billion dinars in the same period last year, the State Statistics Institute said. |
| 3/19/2019 - An International Monetary Fund mission will visit Tunisia on March 27 to discuss the fifth review of a loan programme with the country, Minister of Economic Reform Tawfik Rajhi said . The vis... |
| 2/25/2019 - Tunisia’s central bank governor said the dinar currency could not be easily supported as international reserves go below three months of imports. |
| 2/19/2019 - Tunisia’s central bank raised its key interest rate to 7.75 pct from 6.75 pct to combat high inflation, the bank said, the third such hike in the past 12 months. Tunisia’s central bank las... |
| 2/15/2019 - Tunisia’s economy grew 2.5 percent in 2018 compared with 1.9 percent in the previous year, official figures showed . The state statistics institute said the growth was driven by a 2.2-perce... |
| 12/11/2018 - Tunisia’s central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at 6.75 percent . Inflation stayed at 7.4 percent in November, its third month in a row at that figure, official data showed. It fe... |
| 12/11/2018 - Tunisia’s trade deficit widened by 21 percent year-on-year in the first 11 months of 2018 to 17.32 billion dinars ($5.86 billion), a record level, the State Statistics Institute said . The de... |
| 9/28/2018 - The International Monetary Fund approved the payment of a $245 million loan tranche to Tunisia, the fifth under its loan programme with the North African country. The loan programme is tied ... |
| 9/14/2018 - Tunisia will impose no new taxes on individuals and firms under the 2019 budget but will continue to reform a costly subsidies system, Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said . The country has str... |
| 8/29/2018 - Tunisia expects economic growth to accelerate to 3.5 percent next year from the 2.9 percent expected in 2018, driven by a recovery in the tourism industry and growth in the agricultural sector, a mini... |
| 7/15/2018 - Tunisia’s president called on Sunday for Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to step down or seek a confidence quote if the country’s political and economic crisis continues, withdrawing his support for the... |
| 7/9/2018 - Tunisia’s trade deficit rose 8.8 percent year-on-year in the first six months this year to 8.16 billion Tunisian dinars ($3.13 billion), the state statistics office said . Exports from Januar... |
