Tunisia keeps rates on hold, currency reserves rise in February
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate on hold at 4.75 percent on Thursday but said that, despite progress in the political process, economic indicators were still “negative” in major sectors such as industry and tourism. Foreign currency reserves rose to 14.974 billion dinars ($7.73 billion) in February, it said, with a billion-dollar bond sold last month to cover the 2015 budget deficit. Reserves on Feb. 25 of 14.974 billion dinars…
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