Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund by the end of October, the government’s spokesperson said on Friday, after a wage deal agreed with unions was seen as a key step towards getting IMF support. The government and the powerful UGTT union on Thursday signed a deal to boost public sector wages by 5%, a step that may ease social tensions. But they did not announce any further agreement on reforms needed for an IMF bailout. “The Tunisian negotiating team was in contact yesterday with (the) IMF regarding the last terms of the agreement with the Fund,” Nasreddine …