Tunisia holds key rate at 7.5% as inflation eases

Tunisia’s central bank kept its benchmark interest rate at 7.5% on Wednesday, maintaining March’s cut—the first in five years. June inflation fell to 5.4%, a five-year low, with full-year forecasts at 6.2% versus 7% in 2024. However, the trade deficit widened to $3.46 billion in H1 2025, deepening the current account gap to 1.9% of GDP from 1.2% a year earlier.