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Jana Boumatar
Economic Digest
November 10, 2025

BDL’s Foreign Reserve Assets Stand at $11.9B after an $85.25M Increase in the Last Two Weeks of October 2025

According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) balance sheet, the Central Bank’s total assets increased by 0.51% Year-on-Year (YoY), reaching $94.54B by end-October 2025. Furthermore, the gold account, representing ... read more

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Economic Digest
November 7, 2025

IMF vs BDL Positions on Resolving the Financial Gap: Some Critical Thoughts

The Lebanese crisis is six years old now, and there doesn’t seem to be an end in sight soon. One of the main reasons is the debate going on regarding the financial gap law – the law that will allocate ... read more

Helmi Mrad
Economic Digest
November 6, 2025

BDL Issues Intermediate Circular 744 on Exceptional Exemptions from Required Reserves

On October 27th, 2025, the Central Bank (BDL) issued intermediate circular 744 (Decision 13761) to amend basic circular 150 (Decision 13217) by replacing the third part of the recurrent third article of ... read more

Arab Banking Sector Outlook: Balance Sheet, Regional Distribution, and Economic Significance

The October 2025 issue of the Union of Arab Banks’ Economic Bulletin reveals in an article important consolidated data on the performance, structure, and scale of the Arab banking sector. Based on official ... read more

Port of Beirut: Cumulative Total Container Activity Rose 15.30% YoY by September 2025 to 663,477 TEU

Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 15.30% year-over-year (YoY) to 663,477 TEU by September 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo loaded onto or unloaded from ... read more

Cumulative Lebanese Cars Market Expanded by 41.30% YoY by September 2025

According to market sources, cumulative Lebanese car market expanded by 41.30% year-over-year (YoY) by September 2025, reaching 9,447 cars. On a monthly basis, 1,431 cars were sold in September 2025. The ... read more

BDL’s Foreign Reserve Assets Stand at $11.78B after a $31.1M Increase in the First Two Weeks of October 2025

According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) balance sheet, the Central Bank’s total assets increased by 0.29% Year-on-Year (YoY), reaching $94.58B by mid-October 2025. Furthermore, the gold account, representing ... read more

Fresh USD Checks Reached 47,943 Checks Valued at $647.93M by September 2025

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

Helmi Mrad
Economic Digest
October 28, 2025

Cumulative Construction Permits Fell Yearly by 26.28% to 6,539 by September 2025

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

The IMF’s 2025 Vision for MENA’s Economic Outlook

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

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