Tunisia looks to Central Bank to repay debt as economy falters

Tunisia’s government is looking to the central bank to help repay its external debt for a second straight year, as the economy languishes after a potential International Monetary Fund bailout stalled. According to reporting by Bloomberg, the state needs to borrow as much as 7 billion dinars ($2.2 billion) from the regulator in 2025, Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri told parliament on Monday, proposing an addendum to next year’s budget that lawmakers subsequently approved.