IMF Staff Country Reports

Tunisia: Statistical Annex

Publication Date:

March 14, 1995

Summary:

This paper summarizes the economic progress achieved by Tunisia during the first half of the 1990s. The paper highlights the main changes including the adoption of a new banking law, the introduction of an interbank foreign exchange market, the issuance of negotiable treasury bills, and the revision of the stock market law. The paper discusses the new banking law, passed in February 1994, to strengthen banks’ role in the economy. The law introduces “universal banking” and permits deposit money banks to expand their activities to new areas.

Series:

Country Report No. 1995/017

Subject:

Banking Commercial banks Currency markets Financial institutions Financial markets Financial regulation and supervision Financial sector reform Stock markets Treasury bills and bonds

Notes:

This statistical annex on Tunisia was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.