Banque Du Liban (BDL) recently released its Macroeconomic Review for the first half of 2025, offering a comprehensive assessment of Lebanon’s economic trajectory, monetary conditions, Balance of Payments ... read more
On August 14th, 2025, the Central Bank issued intermediate circular 739 (Decision 13741) to amend the first two paragraphs of Article 3 in basic decision 13262 (basic circular 154) concerning exceptional ... read more
Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P), the international rating agency, raised Lebanon’s long-term local currency (LC) sovereign rating to ‘CCC’ from ‘CC’ on August 15, 2025. S&P said the ... read more
Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 7.94% year-over-year (YoY) to 401,485 TEU by June 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo loaded onto or unloaded from ships at ... read more
The cumulative activity at Rafic Hariri International Airport rose by 1.26% year-on-year (YoY) to 3,794,586 travelers. This increase was driven by a 5.96% cumulative YoY increase in arrivals, which totaled ... read more
BDL compiled June 2025 data using the two below sources as per the IMF recommendation to align with the International Norms: The “Sixth Edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment ... read more
According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) balance sheet, the Central Bank’s total assets decreased by 0.16% Year-on-Year (YoY), reaching $94.16B by end-July 2025. Furthermore, the gold account, representing ... read more
According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 0.77% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $103.51B by June 2025 amid BDL’s adoption of a new exchange ... read more
According to the data published by the Association of Lebanese Banks’ (ABL), the total number of cleared checks in the Lebanese financial system decreased remarkably by 47.99% year over year (YoY) to ... read more
Lebanese banks are now facing a 17% tax on provisions they were instructed to set aside—ironically, to absorb losses from sovereign bonds the State itself defaulted on. In line with directives from the ... read more
After listing Lebanon on Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Grey list last year, the European Union added Lebanon to the Euro “Restricted” List on August 5th, 2025. This measure is not surprising noting ... read more
In its July 2025 World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised global growth projections upward. World GDP is now expected to expand by 3.0% in 2025 and 3.1% in ... read more
Lebanon’s customs revenue story is taking a surprising turn: despite only modest growth in imports, customs collections in early 2025 soared by 165% compared to 2024—without any change in tariff rates. The ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs Administration, Lebanon’s trade deficit widened by 12.95% year-over-year (YoY) to $7.87 billion in the first half (H1) of 2025. The shift was primarily driven by a 14.65% ... read more
Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 10.49% year-over-year (YoY) to 325,950 TEU by May 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo loaded onto or unloaded from ships at ... read more
According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) balance sheet, the Central Bank’s total assets decreased by 0.16% Year-on-Year (YoY), reaching $94.2B by mid-July 2025. Furthermore, the gold account, representing ... read more
Lebanon’s annual inflation rate increased to 15.00% in June 2025, from 14.44% in May 2025 according to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS). The average decrease in inflation in last ... read more
The nominal exchange rate as commonly known is the price of one currency in terms of another. It’s usually expressed as the domestic price of the foreign currency. So if it costs 89,500 LBP to buy 1 USD, ... read more
Lebanon saw a cumulative 27.20% year-on-year (YoY) drop in construction permits to 4,097 permits by June 2025. Israel’s war on Lebanon had been largely contained to specific areas during the first half of ... read more
BDL compiled May 2025 data using the two below sources as per the IMF recommendation to align with the International Norms: The “Sixth Edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment ... read more
The cumulative activity at Rafic Hariri International Airport rose by 0.16% year-on-year (YoY) to 3,001,248 travelers. This increase was driven by a 3.45% cumulative YoY increase in arrivals, which totaled ... read more
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