The most common metric used to measure or assess the size and health of an economy is the Gross Domestic Product or GDP. According to the expenditure approach, GDP = C+I+G+NX, where C represents ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs, Lebanon’s trade deficit rose by 1.83% year-on-year (y-o-y) to stand at $14.71B by Nov. 2017, as exports shrank by an annual 4.82% to stand at $2.6B, while imports ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit narrowed by 1.28% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach $10.69B by August 2017. In fact, total imports dropped by a yearly 1.58% to $12.59B by August 2017 while exports slid by a yearly ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit narrowed by 0.92% year-on-year (y-o-y) by June 2017, to reach $7.94B. As such, total imports shrank by an incremental 0.19% y-o-y to $9.38B, while exports gained a yearly 4.03% to ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit contracted by 0.58% year-on-year (y-o-y) in the first five months of 2017 to stand at $6.72B. Accordingly, total imports grew by an incremental 0.77% y-o-y to $7.92B. However, ... read more
Data from the Customs revealed that the Lebanese trade deficit rose by 3.56% y-o-y to reach $15.65B by Dec. 2016, as imports climbed by 3.54% y-o-y to $18.7B, and exports increased by a yearly 3.45% to ... read more
Data from the Customs reveal the Lebanese trade deficit spiraled by 6.3% y-o-y to reach $14.4B by Nov. 2016 as exports increased by a yearly 3.47% to $2.81B and imports rose by 5.81% y-o-y to $17.2B. In ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs, Lebanon’s trade deficit broadened by 7.92 % to $13.16B by October 2016, as exports increased by a yearly 2.75% to $2.56B, while imports added 7.04% y-o-y to $15.72B. On ... read more
No economic progress was recorded when it comes to Egypt during the second quarter of 2016. The country kept on suffering from draining foreign currency (FC) reserves and an overvalued exchange rate. From ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs, Lebanon’s trade deficit rose by 6.97% from $8.54B by July 2015 to $9.13B by July 2016. As such, due to the political turmoil in Lebanon and its neighboring countries, ... read more
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