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Lebanon Opportunities’ New 2024 GDP Estimate: A Critical Review; Plus the Publisher’s Official Reply

Is Lebanon’s economy really worth $40.3 billion in 2024? Lebanon Opportunities (LO) says yes—far above the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, and Institute of International Finance estimates. Their ... read more

Lebanese Eurobond Valuations: Some Different but Meaningful Scenarios

Lebanon’s Eurobonds are rising again, with BLOMINVEST layering fresh valuation metrics atop prior estimates—this time accounting for accrued interest and applying a reduced discount rate. For the ... read more

Lebanon’s Cash Economy: Some Thoughts and Figures

Monetary Aggregate1 Jan. 2018 (Trillion LBP) Jan. 2024 (Trillion LBP) Jan. 2025 (Trillion LBP) Δ = Jan.2025 -Jan.2024 (Trillion LBP) CC 5.39 57.08 84.93 27.85 DD LBP 4.90 28.66 36.65 7.99 M1 10.29 85.74 ... read more

When Assets Become Liabilities! The Debate Over Taxing Defaulted Eurobond Provisions

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

Lebanese Customs Revenue: Some Welcome but Surprising Results!

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

Rhyming with the Past: What Lebanon’s Inflation Says About Its Future

In its Spring 2025 issue titled “Turning the Tide?”, the World Bank’s (WB) Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM) featured a special analysis on Lebanon’s inflation. Since Lebanon’s financial crisis began, ... read more

The Big Mac Index and Lebanese Real Exchange Rates: Where Do We Stand?

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

From Theory to Practice: When a Weaker Currency Doesn’t Boost Exports – The Case of Lebanon

In its Spring 2025 issue titled “Turning the Tide?”, the World Bank’s (WB) Lebanon Economic Monitor (LEM) featured a special analysis of real effective exchange rate (REER) dynamics. This topic has drawn ... read more

Does Lebanon Need a New Economic Model?

Trillion LBP 2018 2019 2020 2021 GDP 82.8 80.3 96.9 245.6 Total Exports 17.2 16.6 27.2 96.2 Goods Exports 5.5 7.0 16.4 53.1 Service Exports 11.7 9.6 10.8 43.1 Total Imports 39.3 33.9 57.2 212.5 Goods ... read more

From Lollars to Dollars: How Will Beirut Stock Exchange Stocks Be Priced Next?

For several years, Lebanon has faced a severe and multifaceted economic crisis, marked by the dramatic devaluation of the Lebanese pound (LBP) and the imposition of informal capital controls. Since 2019, ... read more

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