The Executive Board of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) meeting, Wednesday, June 25, 2014, expressed, in a statement, its concern about the further widening of the current account deficit which reached 4 6% of GDP in the first five months of 2014 against 3.9% in the same period of 2013.
The widening of the deficit is explained by the Executive Board of the BCT by the continuing deterioration of foreign trade deficit, especially for energy and food, the statement said.