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
Over the month of February 2018, business activity at the Lebanese private sector witnessed a slower slowdown as a result of smoother drops in Output and New Orders. This led the BLOM Purchasing Managers’ ... read more
Business activity at the Lebanese private sector kicked off 2018 revealing a continuing recession, yet the slowest recorded in nine months. Declines in Output and New Orders were smoother in January 2018 ... read more
Lebanon’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) ended the year with further contraction following the continuous instability on the Lebanese political scene and signaling a worsening activity within the ... read more
Despite the persisting declines in the levels of output and new work, contraction within the private sector economy soothed in November. Although employment levels kept on deteriorating, the rate at which ... read more
The deterioration of the operating environment in Lebanon’s private sector economy extended through the third quarter of 2017 as shown by Lebanon’s PMI released by Blominvest Bank. The PMI steadied ... read more
The private sector’s economic activity remained firmly in contraction area in July, as revealed by Lebanon’s PMI released by Blominvest Bank. BLOM PMI stood well below the 50 mark, which separates economic ... read more
Economic indicators are giving conflicting signals on the Lebanese economic activity. However it seems that this is not exclusively a Lebanese phenomenon, as US indicators are also giving conflicting ... read more
According to Lebanon’s commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets witnessed a y-t-d increase of 1.42% and an increase of 5.36% y-o-y from $179.03B by May 2015 to $188.63B by May 2016. This y-t-d ... read more
Economic activity within the Lebanese private sector remained firmly in contraction area in May, as revealed by Lebanon’s Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), released by BLOMINVEST Bank and compiled by ... read more