The central bank of Tunisia lifted its benchmark interest rate by 75 bps to 7% during its May 2022 meeting, marking the first hike since 2019. The Board said the decision aims to counter the inflationary pressures looming over the forecast horizon, and to avoid an acceleration of inflation and an accentuation of the external imbalance. In addition, it was decided to raise the minimum interest rate on savings by 100 bps, bringing it to 6%. source: Central Bank of Tunisia
Interest Rate in Tunisia averaged 5.13 percent from 2006 until 2022, reaching an all time high of 7.75 percent in February of 2019 and a record low of 3.50 percent in September of 2011. This page provides the latest reported value for - Tunisia Interest Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. Tunisia Interest Rate - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on June of 2022.
Interest Rate in Tunisia is expected to be 7.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Tunisia Interest Rate is projected to trend around 7.00 percent in 2023 and 6.75 percent in 2024, according to our econometric models.