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
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 45.26% year over year (YoY) to ... read more
Lebanon saw a cumulative 26.28% year-on-year (YoY) drop in construction permits to 6,539 by September 2025. This decline is attributed to the uncertainty in the political situation in addition to the ... read more
In his October 21, 2025 press conference at the Dubai International Financial Centre, Jihad Azour, Director of the IMF’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, outlined a cautiously optimistic view of ... read more
The Lebanese Parliament in its meeting on July 31st, 2025 voted and passed the law of banks restructuring in Lebanon. The law was issued after some amendments done by the Finance and Budget committee in ... read more
Lebanon’s annual inflation rate decreased to 15.06% in September 2025, from 14.17% in August 2025, according to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS). The slight moderation reflected a relatively ... read more
Source: CAS The recent publication of CAS’s National Account for the years 2022 and 2023 can now enable us to study exports and domestic performance in more details and rigor. This is interesting because ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs Administration, Lebanon’s trade deficit widened by 9.76% year-over-year (YoY) to $10.57 billion by August of 2025. The shift was primarily driven by a cumulative 12.1% YoY ... read more
Chapter 10 of the new Unified Arab Economic Report (2025) examines the vital role of digital technologies in achieving industrial growth within Arab countries, emphasizing how the Fourth Industrial ... read more
According to the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (LRC), the cumulative number of real estate (RE) transactions reached 51,683, valued at $4.4B by September 2025. The cumulative annual ... read more
BDL compiled August 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 10.38% year-on-year (YoY) during the first nine months of 2025 to 5,406,264 travelers. This increase was mainly driven by a 14.63% ... read more
This economic digest will tackle the presentation by Mr. Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, the Economic Counselor and the Director of Research of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), for the World Economic ... read more
According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 2.10% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $102.4B by August 2025 amid BDL’s adoption of a new exchange ... read more
Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), within the Presidency of the Council of Ministers of Lebanon published recently the Lebanese National Accounts report for the years 2022 and 2023. In this ... read more
According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) balance sheet, the Central Bank’s total assets decreased by 0.29% Year-on-Year (YoY), reaching $94.53B by end-September 2025. Furthermore, the gold account, ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs Administration, Lebanon’s cumulative trade deficit increased by 12.42% year-over-year (YoY), to reach $9.34B by July 2025. This change was driven by a cumulative 14.71% ... read more
According to market sources, cumulative Lebanese car market expanded by 39.19% year-over-year (YoY) by August 2025, reaching 8,016 cars. On a monthly basis, 1,255 cars were sold in August 2025. The ... read more
Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 13.41% year-over-year (YoY) to 582,759 TEU by August 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo loaded onto or unloaded from ships ... read more
In the August 2025 opening article of ABL’s monthly Bulletin, titled “Toward Real Solutions in 2026”, Dr. Fadi Khalaf adopted a notably forward-looking tone, suggesting that Lebanon had entered a phase of ... read more
In a Virtual Conference on Lebanon hosted by the Institute of International Finance (IIF) on 30/9/2025, the third Vice Governor of BDL, Dr. Salim Chahin, admitted that BDL has been following a ... read more
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