Despite the overall flat outcome, Lebanon’s Eurobonds market finally took off and recovered in 2014 following 3 years of negative performance. The Lebanese safe assets have proven over the year to be ... read more
So what do sapphires, rubies, soda cans, forks, knives, helicopters, airplanes, cars, and some electronics all have in common? They all contain aluminium, the third most abundant resource in the earth’s ... read more
With the start of the New Year, the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) showed improvement, with the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) recording a 1.72% rise over the past two weeks to close at 1,180.60 points on Friday. ... read more
Demand for the dollar declined over the prior 2 weeks as reflected by the Lebanese pound’s peg against the dollar that went down from $/LP 1,510-1,514 with a mid-price of $/LP 1,512 to $/LP 1,509-1,513 ... read more
According to ARA Marketing Research and Consultancy, the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI) improved 13 points in November, to 71 points. Talks about a possible breakthrough in the ongoing political stalemate ... read more
The Lebanese Eurobonds Market remained stable, with the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) adding a marginal 0.01% to 107.44 points. The 5Y and 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds’ yields stabilized at 5.35% and 6.25%, ... read more
Total real estate transactions added an annual 2.67% during the first 11 months of 2014, to reach 63,651 transactions. Similarly, total value of property sales transactions amplified 4.99% year-on-year ... read more
The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) ended Friday’s session at 1,170.51, losing 0.29% on a volume of 88,500 shares worth $1,070,004. The banking sector took a share of 57.14% of total trade value where Bank of ... read more
Ernst and Young’s Middle East Hotel Benchmark Survey portrayed a 51% hotel occupancy rate in Lebanon for the month of November. This rate represented an increase of 4 percentage points (p.p) from the same ... read more
Lebanese gross public debt reached $66.21B, increasing by 4.33% year-to-date (y-t-d) by October 2014. Gross public debt accounted for 146% of Lebanon’s GDP, compared to 140% of GDP in December 2013. Gross ... read more
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