## Tunisia: Staff Report for the Article IV Consultation

_IMF Staff Country Reports, September 17, 1999_

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## Bibliographic details
- Published: September 17, 1999
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837766.002

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### Summary findings
- Despite a contraction of agricultural production, Tunisia’s GDP grew by 5 percent in 1998.
- Gross fixed capital formation was 27.5 percent of GDP and was the most dynamic component of aggregate demand, notably in Tunisia’s traditional and new export sectors.
- 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.

### Key statistics and figures
- GDP growth in 1998: 5 percent
- Gross fixed capital formation: 27.5 percent of GDP
- External current account deficit: 3.4 percent of GDP
- Pages: 65
- Volume: 1999
- Issue: 104
- Series: Country Report No. 1999/104
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837766.002
- Stock No: 1TUNEA0011999
- ISBN: 9781451837766
- ISSN: 1934-7685

### Thematic coverage
- Banking
- Commercial banks
- Economic sectors
- Exports
- External debt
- Financial institutions
- International trade
- Privatization
- Public enterprises

### Keywords and analytical focus
- 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

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

*International Monetary Fund. "Tunisia: Staff Report for the Article IV Consultation", IMF Staff Country Reports 1999, 104 (1999), DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451837766.002.*

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