TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia’s central bank said on Wednesday it had kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged at 7.5%, after cutting it in March for the first time in five years.
Tunisia’s inflation rate stood to 5.4% in June, its lowest level in five years.
The government projects inflation will average 6.2% this year, down from 7% in 2024.
Tunisia’s trade deficit widened to $3.46 billion in the first half of 2025, up from $2.79 billion a year earlier, contributing to a deeper current account deficit, which reached 1.9% of GDP from 1.2% of GDP a year earlier.
($1 = 2.8650 Tunisian dinars)
(Reporting by Tarek AmaraEditing by Mark Potter)
