The latest swap operation engineered in May 2018 between the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Banque du Liban (BDL), and commercial banks sent the Lebanese Balance of payments (BOP) into a surplus totaling ... read more
The balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL) revealed that total assets reached $128.79B in mid- June 2018, recording a 2.8% increase from Mid-May’s 2018 level. Foreign assets, constituting 35% of ... read more
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI) dropped by 1.96% over the past week to reach 90.06 points. As for the JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond Index (EMBI), it recorded a marginal increase of 0.07% and reached ... read more
According to the central bank’s (BDL) balance sheet, total assets rose by 7.57% year-to-date (YTD) to stand at $127.21B in May 2018. In details, Foreign assets (constituting 35.59% of BDL’s total assets) ... read more
During the week ending on March 15, 2018, Broad Money (M3) declined by a weekly LBP 139B ($92M) to reach LBP 208,531B ($138B). On a yearly basis, M3 added 3.19% and marginally rose by 0.21% since the ... read more
Business conditions failed to maintain their momentum in March and revealed a worsening business activity amongst companies in the private sector. Levels of Output and New Orders contracted at a faster ... read more
According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BDL), total assets slipped by a monthly 1.20% to $121.28B in mid- March 2018. In details, Foreign Assets (constituting 35.79% of total ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet posted a 0.88%% month-on-month (m-o-m) downtick in its Total assets, which totaled $122.3B in February 2018. BDL’s Foreign assets (grasping 35.5% of total assets) ... read more
According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets grew by 1.57% to $122.75B in mid- February, compared to $120.86B mid-January. Foreign assets (35.16% of total assets) and ... read more
During the week ending on January 25th, Broad Money (M3) grew by a weekly LBP 280B ($186M) to reach LBP 207,930B ($138B). On a yearly basis, M3 added 3.82% but marginally slipped by 0.08% since the start ... read more
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