According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), “Salaries, Wages and Related Benefits”, which comprises the basic salaries, allowances and indemnities, increased by 5.39% year-on-year (y-o-y) during the first ... read more
The Lebanese Bourse started the week on a sour note due to the poor performances in the real estate, banking and industrial sector. This translated into the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) decreasing by 0.38% to ... read more
Demand for short-term Lebanese Eurobonds dipped on Thursday, as the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) down ticked by 0.17% to settle at 107.75 points. The yields on the 5Y and 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds remained constant ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet exposed a minor monthly downtick of 0.03% in total assets to $88.81B by End-April 2015. Foreign assets, constituting 42.41% of total assets, inched down by 1.94% to ... read more
The resolution of an 18-month long dispute between Egypt and Qatar, which was brokered by Saudi Arabia, did not last very long as an Egyptian official accused Qatar of financing terrorism, a list that has ... read more
Despite talks between the different political parties, Lebanon continued to witness a protracted political impasse with a presidential vacuum for almost a year, a 5-month period lacking legislative ... read more
As in previous years, the top economic institutions in the world maintained their rituals and kept on providing and updating their forecasts regarding the Lebanese economic growth. Those assessments are of ... read more
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