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Rachid Belanes, director of Economic Affairs at the Agricultural Investment Promotion Agency of Tunisia (Apia), talks about the services and solutions the institution offers to entrepreneurs interested in investing in the Tunisian economy.

Financial institutions are expecting the Brazilian economy to shrink 3.30% in 2016. Last week’s forecast had been for a 3.35% decrease, according to a survey by the Brazilian Central Bank.

Brazil’s Inez de Ghandour makes frozen savory delicacies and sells them for events and at stores in ten different cities in the Arab country. The bulk of the clientele is made up of locals.

Brazil’s Extended National Consumer Price Index was at 0.35% last month, down from 0.78% in May, and drove H1 inflation to 4.42%; the rate was 6.17% in H1 2015.

The Fund`s executive board signed on an agreement that provides for the disbursement of USD 5.34 billion in three years. The goal is to help the country with its balance of payments.

The financial sector was the one responsible for the country`s forex deficit of USD 3.5 billion in June. Import and export-based operations registered a surplus of USD 3.9 billion.