Abstract The car market carries bigger indications than car sales and ownership. Analyzing the autos market, in a small economy like Lebanon especially in times of uncertainty reflects real sector ... read more
The figures released by the Port of Beirut (PoB) showed that the Port’s revenues fell by 14.64% year-on-year (YOY) to stand at $166.5M by October 2019, down from $195.05M in the same time last year. In ... read more
Civic protests erupted in the country on October 17th 2019 triggering economic and political unrest. As a result, the latest data by the Ministry of Tourism revealed the number of tourists in the month of ... read more
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI), a market value-weighted index that tracks the performance of the Lebanese government Eurobonds market excluding coupon payment, added a weekly 1.08%, to settle at 51.35 ... read more
For a proper analysis of the changes to the Lebanese balance of payments in October 2019 to-date, it is worthy to take note of the developments on the political scene (attached to the ongoing civic protest ... read more
The first full materialization of the civic protest’s economic repercussions emerged in November 2019, as economic growth is estimated at -0.5% year-to-date. While October’s PMI stood at 48.3, measured ... read more
The fiscal deficit (on cash basis) of Lebanon narrowed from $3.38B in the first 8 months of 2018 to $2.95B by August 2019. The reduced deficit is attributed to a 4.81% annual decline in government ... read more
According to the latest data published by the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) Average consumer prices in Lebanon rose by 2.45% year-on-year (YOY) by October 2019, compared to a rigorous rate of ... read more
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI), a market value-weighted index that tracks the performance of the Lebanese government Eurobonds market excluding coupon payment., registered a weekly 0.99% retreat, to ... read more
With banks closing their doors since mid-October during the protests, people preferred dealing in cash payments. In fact, the latest statistics provided by the Association of Lebanese Banks (ABL) showed ... read more
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