{"id":18976,"date":"2013-02-04T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/02\/tunisia-in-talks-with-imf-for-1-78-bn-standby-loan\/"},"modified":"2013-02-04T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-04T19:40:00","slug":"tunisia-in-talks-with-imf-for-1-78-bn-standby-loan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/02\/04\/tunisia-in-talks-with-imf-for-1-78-bn-standby-loan\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia in talks with IMF for $1.78 bn standby loan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"newsimage\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div>&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mgsImg\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IMF headquarters are pictured in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2011.  By Saul Loeb (AFP\/File)\" src=\"http:\/\/img.ghanamma.com\/uploads\/2013\/02\/1af0isia_in_talks_with_imf_for_178_bn_standby_loan.jpg\" onclick=\"javascript:window.location='\/GhanaHome\/image_preview.asp?which=1&amp;menu_id=1&amp;id=NDQzNDgx';\" border=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"mgscap\">&#13;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mgscapTxt\">IMF headquarters are pictured in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2011.  By Saul Loeb (AFP\/File)<\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n    <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;\n  <\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n  &#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&#13;\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\">                    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AFP) &#8211; Tunisia is at an &#8220;advanced stage&#8221; in talks with the International Monetary Fund for a $1.78 billion standby loan to protect the economy from external shocks, the IMF said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As stated by the Tunisian authorities, an arrangement with the IMF is being sought only as a precautionary measure to help support the country during the transition period and, if need be, cope with exogenous shocks that could come from the global environment,&#8221; the IMF said.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&#13;\n\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"bodytext\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; IMF headquarters are pictured in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2011. By Saul Loeb (AFP\/File)&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; WASHINGTON (AFP) &#8211; Tunisia is at an &#8220;advanced stage&#8221; in talks with the International Monetary Fund for a $1.78 billion standby loan to protect the economy from external shocks, the IMF said Monday.&#8221;As stated by the Tunisian authorities, an arrangement with the IMF is being sought only as a precautionary measure to help support the country during the transition period and, if need be, cope with exogenous shocks that could come from the global environment,&#8221; the IMF said.&#13; &#13; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18976"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18976\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}