Tunisia central bank raised key rate to keep lid on inflation- governor

Tunisia's central bank raised its key rate due to concerns it might otherwise lose control over inflation, governor Marouane El Abassi said on Thursday.

The bank raised the benchmark rate to 5.75 percent from 5 percent on Monday.

(Reporting By Tarek Amara and Ulf Laessing; editing by John Stonestreet) ((tarek.amara@thomsonreuters.com;))