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Country Report Tunisia April 2011
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| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| Exchange rate TD:US$ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1.37 | 1.44 | 1.42 | 1.40 | 1.37 | 1.35 | 1.34 | 1.32 | 1.30 | 1.29 | 1.29 | 1.31 |
| 2010 | 1.33 | 1.38 | 1.39 | 1.41 | 1.49 | 1.52 | 1.48 | 1.47 | 1.46 | 1.40 | 1.41 | 1.45 |
| 2011 | 1.44 | 1.42 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Exchange rate TD:€ (av) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1.82 | 1.84 | 1.86 | 1.85 | 1.87 | 1.89 | 1.88 | 1.89 | 1.90 | 1.91 | 1.92 | 1.90 |
| 2010 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.87 | 1.85 | 1.89 | 1.89 | 1.91 | 1.94 | 1.93 | 1.91 |
| 2011 | 1.92 | 1.93 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Money market rate (av; %) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 4.70 | 4.47 | 4.26 | 4.30 | 4.23 | 4.25 | 4.33 | 4.18 | 4.24 | 4.22 | 4.29 | 4.18 |
| 2010 | 4.07 | 4.08 | 4.23 | 4.12 | 4.36 | 4.38 | 4.52 | 4.61 | 4.52 | 4.62 | 4.80 | 4.87 |
| 2011 | 4.75 | 4.65 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M1 (end-period; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 12.6 | 14.8 | 11.5 | 15.8 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 12.3 | 8.0 | 12.0 | 14.8 | 12.0 | 14.5 |
| 2010 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 15.7 | 17.4 | 14.2 | 15.6 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 10.6 |
| 2011 | 20.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| M2 (end-period; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 11.9 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 10.1 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 12.9 | 13.3 | 10.9 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 12.5 | 13.2 | 11.4 |
| 2011 | 12.8 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Stock of domestic credit (% change; year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.9 | 13.7 | 12.1 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 12.1 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.3 |
| 2010 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 11.3 | 13.4 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 16.9 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 16.2 | 16.1 | 16.2 |
| 2011 | 17.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| TunIndex (Dec 31st 1997=100) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 2,989 | 3,061 | 3,113 | 3,394 | 3,402 | 3,677 | 3,628 | 3,774 | 4,064 | 4,060 | 4,107 | 4,292 |
| 2010 | 4,671 | 4,667 | 4,686 | 4,868 | 4,946 | 4,914 | 5,134 | 5,345 | 5,681 | 5,124 | 5,275 | 5,113 |
| 2011 | 4,433 | 4,059 | 4,386 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Industrial production (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -6.3 | -13.6 | -8.2 | -5.8 | -7.6 | -4.4 | -1.4 | -2.3 | -4.3 | -1.5 | -3.5 | 6.0 |
| 2010 | 6.9 | 7.4 | 12.3 | 7.3 | 11.1 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 4.6 | 6.4 | 7.9 | 4.7 | 6.8 |
| 2011 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Consumer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.1 |
| 2010 | 4.5 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 2011 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Producer prices (av; % change, year on year) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 9.8 | 7.5 | 6.2 | 5.4 | 4.6 | 4.0 | -0.1 | -1.1 | -1.3 | -2.1 | -2.4 | -2.6 |
| 2010 | -1.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 6.0 |
| 2011 | 6.3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total exports fob (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1,195.0 | 1,059.7 | 1,100.9 | 1,123.7 | 1,174.6 | 1,182.3 | 1,367.6 | 1,096.4 | 1,128.8 | 1,304.7 | 1,237.4 | 1,478.4 |
| 2010 | 1,321.4 | 1,182.6 | 1,411.6 | 1,386.7 | 1,350.4 | 1,341.3 | 1,541.9 | 1,223.5 | 1,199.2 | 1,495.0 | 1,380.8 | 1,592.2 |
| 2011 | 1,203.7 | 1,390.1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Total imports cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 1,275.1 | 1,387.1 | 1,386.8 | 1,455.6 | 1,509.3 | 1,638.0 | 1,563.8 | 1,559.7 | 1,520.6 | 1,995.1 | 1,573.9 | 2,375.6 |
| 2010 | 1,737.1 | 1,558.6 | 2,057.5 | 1,898.5 | 2,008.0 | 1,851.5 | 1,870.9 | 1,635.2 | 1,756.5 | 1,976.2 | 1,866.3 | 2,001.4 |
| 2011 | 1,592.6 | 1,610.7 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Trade balance fob-cif (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | -80.1 | -327.4 | -285.9 | -331.9 | -334.7 | -455.7 | -196.2 | -463.3 | -391.8 | -690.4 | -336.5 | -897.2 |
| 2010 | -415.7 | -376.0 | -645.9 | -511.8 | -657.6 | -510.2 | -329.0 | -411.7 | -557.3 | -481.2 | -485.5 | -409.2 |
| 2011 | -388.9 | -220.6 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Foreign-exchange reserves excl gold (US$ m) | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | 8,517 | 8,379 | 8,702 | 8,653 | 8,981 | 9,114 | 9,640 | 10,062 | 10,551 | 10,783 | 11,159 | 11,057 |
| 2010 | 10,371 | 9,807 | 9,667 | 8,755 | 8,786 | 8,716 | 8,826 | 8,954 | 9,461 | 9,668 | 9,247 | 9,459 |
| 2011 | 9,391 | 9,232 | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Sources: IMF, International Financial Statistics; Haver Analytics. | ||||||||||||
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