A surge in olive oil exports and a rebound in tourist arrivals, alongside Gulf and EU financial support, have helped to stave off a balance of payments crisis in Tunisia. But with the dinar increasingly overvalued and FX reserves being depleted to perilously low levels, we still think that sharp falls in the currency and a messy sovereign default still lie in store in the coming years.
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