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Tunisia: Staff Report for the Article IV Consultation

September 17, 1999

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Tunisia: Staff Report for the Article IV Consultation, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 1999) accessed November 25, 2024

Summary

This 1999 Article IV Consultation highlights that despite a contraction of agricultural production, Tunisia’s GDP grew by 5 percent in 1998. Gross fixed capital formation (27.5 percent of GDP), notably in Tunisia’s traditional and new export sectors, was the most dynamic component of aggregate demand. The external current account deficit widened only slightly to 3.4 percent of GDP owing to a commensurate increase in the saving rate. Growth of exports of goods and services slowed primarily owing to a decline in sales of crude oil and food products.

Subject: Banking, Commercial banks, Economic sectors, Exports, External debt, Financial institutions, International trade, Privatization, Public enterprises

Keywords: Banking system, Commercial banks, CR, Deficit, Economic statistics, Europe, Exchange rate, Exports, Government, IMF staff estimate, Inflation objective, Interest rate, ISCR, Money market, Private sector, Privatization, Public enterprises, Short-term debt

Publication Details

  • Pages:

    65

  • Volume:

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  • DOI:

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  • Issue:

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  • Series:

    Country Report No. 1999/104

  • Stock No:

    1TUNEA0011999

  • ISBN:

    9781451837766

  • ISSN:

    1934-7685

Notes

Contains the text of Public Information Notice No. 99/90--IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Tunisia.