The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) kept its key interest rate unchanged at 7.75 per cent on Friday. The BCT raised the rate to that level from 6.75 per cent in February to combat high inflation. Annual inflation fell to 6.5 per cent in July from 6.8 per cent in June. TunisianMonitorOnline
“About thirty concrete and feasible short-term proposals” to save the Tunisian economy currently in crisis were presented on Thursday in Tunis by economists Hakim Ben Hammouda, Zouhour Karray and Houssem Eddine Chebbi. They include 32 proposals formulated in a blue book prepared by 70 Tunisian economists working in Tunisia and abroad and recognized worldwide for their skills as part of the ECON4 TUNISIA initiative (Economy for Tunisia), Hakim Ben Hammouda stressed at a meeting with the press. “The objective being to put economic issues back at the heart of the…
Tunisia will take part in the fourth China-Arab States Expo in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, next September. 5-8. “This participation in this economic event will be supported by the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (FIPA),” Besma Laouini, FIPA-Tunisia consumer products promotion director said in an interview with Xinhua. She said that participation in this China-Arab States expo aims to identify investment opportunities in Tunisia and boost the Chinese companies and institutions’ investment in growing sectors in Tunisia, including the service and industry sectors. Laouini added that…