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According to the Association of Lebanese Banks (ABL), the total number and value of cleared checks increased by 0.65% and 2.06% year-on-year (y-o-y) to stand at 8.22 million (M) and $45.79 billion (B), ... read more
According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) Circular #473, the ceiling on the amount of subsidized housing loans has been upped from a previous LBP 800 million ( around $530,679) to LBP 1.2 billion ($796,020). ... read more
According to the Central Bank of Lebanon, Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a deficit of $647.1M by August 2017, compared to a $366.2M surplus recorded in the same period last year. As such, ... read more
According to the Central Bank’s balance sheet, total assets reached $117.02B in September 2017, up by 14.37% since the beginning of the year. In details, Foreign assets (37.62% of total assets), witnessed ... read more
According to Ernest and Young’s Hotel Benchmark Survey, some regional hospitality markets dipped by Aug.2017, compared to the same period last year. However, 4 and five-star hotels in Beirut and Mekkah ... read more
Over the past week, the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) rose by 0.49%, to end the week at 103.94 points. The JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond Index (EMBI) registered a close performance, increasing by a weekly 0.47% ... read more
The somewhat positive movement on the BSE continues to be mostly led by banking and industrial stocks while real estate stocks are still registering a negative performance. Accordingly, the BLOM Stock ... read more
Lebanese Forex Market Demand for the Lebanese Pound steadied over the past week on the Lebanese forex market with the value of the Lebanese Pound trading within the range of $/LP 1,513.75-1,514.25 with a ... read more
During the week of 14 -21 September 2017, Broad Money M3 dropped by a weekly LBP 45B ($30M) to reach LBP 208,712B ($138.45B). In addition, M3 recorded growth rates of 7.47% on a year-on-year basis and ... read more
Business conditions of Lebanon’s private sector companies saw further deterioration during the ninth month of the year. “The PMI was again discouraging in September 2017, recording a level of 46, the ... read more
The performance of Lebanese banks in the year 2016 is featured in this report below: Bilanbanque Report 2016 read more