Tunisia expects 3.1-pct economy growth in 2019

TUNIS, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Tunisia hopes to achieve an economic growth of 3.1 percent in 2019, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) reported Wednesday.

This expected growth is based on the estimated growth in agriculture, fishing, manufacturing and non-manufacturing, TAP said.

The current deficit is expected to decrease to 8.9 percent in 2019, against 9.9 percent in 2018, while the forecast inflation rate in 2019 is 7 percent, down from 7.8 percent this year, after the absence of new taxes and the improvement of agricultural products supply.