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Tunis goes quiet as IMF aims to resume talks

The Bretton Woods lender hopes to begin talks over a new loan next month, but the Tunisian government has held no preparatory meetings and continues to take on new debt from commercial banks. [...]

Published on 31/08/2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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