L’IMPACT DE CORONAVIRUS SUR LE PASSTHROUGH DU TAUX DE CHANGE SUR LES PRIX A L’IMPORTATION: CAS DE L’ECONOMIE TUNISIENNE
THE IMPACT OF CORONAVIRUS ON THE EXCHANGE RATE PASS THROUGH ON IMPORT PRICES: CASE OF THE TUNISIAN ECONOMY

Summary/Abstract: The aim of this research is to reexamine the passthrough of the exchange rate on import prices after the spread of the Coronavirus which becomes an economic crisis from 2020. The objective of this study is to answer some questions that arise posed in the lead, have the infected countries reduced their economic activities? Has this reduction affected domestic production and reduced the availability of goods to meet the needs of the inhabitants? Has this context increased the need for imports? How is this import affected by the exchange rate following this pandemic? Is inflation sensitive to this coronavirus phenomenon? Will the outbreak of coronavirus cause the Tunisian economy to enter a successive crisis? It's a hot topic these days as the world is dealing with this covid-19. Finally concluded that the Tunisian economy is struggling with a double crisis: health crisis and economic crisis. On the one hand, coronavirus causes a major risk on the life of the population and on the other hand coronavirus negatively affects the economy with the phenomenon of confinement or closing of barriers. Tunisia, like the whole world, faces two demands, the first is to save the population from death, and the second is to save the country from the economic crisis. In summary, the coronavirus weighed on economic activity, which caused large losses in all sectors. With information from different websites, the National Institute of Statistics (INS), the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), the World Bank and some previous articles we will graphically expose the impact of this pandemic on economic growth as well that we will present the potential impacts of the coronavirus on the Tunisian economy through the flow of import prices. We will check whether the direct impact of the exchange rate on import prices and indirect on inflation still persists or not under the Passthrough theme with the coronavirus outbreak? While using monthly data we will study the interaction between the exchange rate, the degree of passthrough and the production changes and their impact on the growth of the Tunisian economy following the suspension of certain productions due to coronavirus.

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