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
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on May 31, 2018, on page 4. The parliamentary elections are over, but the economic challenges facing Lebanon are still there ... read more
During the week of 15 to 22 June, Broad Money M3 increased by a weekly of LBP 798B ($529M) to reach LBP 206,200B ($136.78B). In addition, M3 recorded a growth rate of 8.40% on a year -on -year basis and a ... read more
The recently released balance sheet of Bdl revealed substantial interim drops in the levels of foreign assets and securities’ portfolio, between mid-March and the end of March. The decline in foreign ... read more
The balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL) revealed a 13.28% rise y-t-d in BDL’s assets to $102.98B. BDL’s foreign assets, constituting 39.10% of total assets, registered a 8.56% increase from ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon’s Gross Public Debt reached $71.65B by April 2016, up by 3.16% from April 2015 and 1.91% since year-start. Gross domestic debt amounted to $44.02B by April and ... read more
Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) revealed a deficit of $899.1M in the first four months of 2016, compared to a deficit of $714.2M in the same period last year. The widening deficit is the result of a ... read more
Following five years of outstanding performance, the Lebanese economy entered a new era of distress starting 2011, resulting from an internal instability and a political deadlock. The eruption of the ... read more
With its initiative to regulate the micro finance sector in Lebanon, the BDL recently issued a set of regulations to control the credit operations performed by the small credit companies called “credit ... read more
The municipal solid waste crisis has been the main highlight of the third quarter (Q3) in Lebanon. The forceful closing of the Naameh landfill resulted in trash being piled up on the streets, with no ... read more
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