Tag: deficit

Tunisia’s new Prime Minister takes oath

August 2, 2023

Ahmed Hachani, Tunisia’s new Prime Minister swore in on Monday July 31 right after his appointment, before President Kais Saied, a few hours the latter ... Read More

Egypt to unveil IPO program details for state companies within 2 weeks

January 30, 2023

Egypt’s Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced the government’s intention to unveil the plan for offering state-run companies on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) in 2023 ... Read More

Morocco turns to taxes to cut deficit

October 24, 2022

Morocco plans to increase the budget for health, education and social safety nets next year but expects the budget deficit to be reduced thanks to ... Read More

Tunisia adopts 2022 budget with $2.8b deficit

December 28, 2021

Tunisia has adopted the 2022 budget short of around $2.8 billion amid economic hardship that has hit the country also gripped by an unprecedented political ... Read More

Tunisia to review free trade agreement with Turkey over deficit

August 17, 2021

Tunisia has demanded the review of the free trade agreement with Turkey in a bid to protect national production, the Tunisian minister of Trade has ... Read More

IMF: Tunisia Feeble Growth Threatens Macroeconomic Stability

April 18, 2017

The Tunisian economy continues to suffer from major difficulties, including high external and fiscal deficits, increasing debt, while growth is too low to reduce unemployment, ... Read More

Algeria’s Trade Deficit Widens as Low Oil Prices Continue

November 27, 2016

The drop in oil prices has taken a heavy toll on Algeria’s budget revenues with the trade deficit expanding to 15.8 billion dollars as of ... Read More

Algeria’s Trade Deficit Deepens to 14 bln Dollars

September 22, 2016

Algeria’s trade deficit slipped into 14 billion dollars in the first 8 months of 2016 because of the fall in oil revenues, propelling the government ... Read More

Tunisia: How to overcome the shaky finances?

March 14, 2013

If Egypt has declared that it’s no more interested in International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) loan, Tunisia on the other hand has not ruled out its ... Read More