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According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 665 guarantees by November 2016 to 509 guarantees by November 2017. The overall value of the guarantees dropped by 28% year-on-year (y-o-y) ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs, Lebanon’s trade deficit slipped by a marginal 0.22% year-on-year (y-o-y) to stand at $13.21B by October 2017, as exports shrank by a yearly 4.56% to $2.37B, while imports ... read more
According to data from the Lebanese Cadastre Registry, the number of real estate (R.E) transactions registered an annual uptick of 14.72%, to reach 86,524 transactions in the first 11 months of 2017. As ... read more
According to the Association of Banks (ABL), Lebanon’s gross public debt registered a yearly rise of 5.32%, to reach $78.47B by October 2017. In details, debt in local currency, LBP, (63.1% of the total ... read more
According to the Association of Lebanese Car Importers (AIA), the total number of newly registered commercial and passenger cars slightly rose by an annual 1.31% to stand at 36,453 cars by Nov. 2017. In ... read more
Demand for the local currency on the Lebanese forex market steadied, with the value of the Lebanese Pound trading within the range of $/LP 1,514 – 1,514. 5 with a mid-price of $/LP 1,514.25 since ... read more
During the week of Nov. 16th – Nov. 23rd 2017, Broad Money (M3) declined by a weekly LBP 529B ($351M) to reach LBP 206,071B ($137B). Nonetheless, on a yearly basis, M3 grew by 5.37% and by 3.53% since the ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) recorded its largest weekly uptick of 1.56% since the resignation crisis early-on in November. As such, the BSI kept on recovering to reach 1,136.40 points on Dec.15, 2017. This ... read more
The Blom Bond Index (BBI) rose by a marginal 0.18% over the week to stand at 100.39 points by Dec.14, 2017. In its turn, the JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond Index (EMBI) also rose by a weekly 0.18%, ... read more
For thousand years, physical tokens have been used as means of payment, where a direct exchange of sellers’ goods and buyers’ tokens allows them to achieve an immediate and final settlement. Nonetheless, ... read more