[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The rate of increase in consumer prices would remain high in the coming period, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) projected in its recent note on Economic and Monetary Developments. It therefore expects an average inflation rate of 5.3% in 2021, 5.6% in 2022 and 5.1% in 2023, as against 5.6% in 2020.