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Gestion de Patrimoine: Perspectives d’investissements et Tendances.

Kindly find below the link of Georges Abboud’s, Head of Private Banking Department at BLOMINVEST BANK, interview with L’Orient le Jour: George Abboud LOLJ Interview read more

The IMF’s Concluding Statement of the 2018 Article IV Mission

A Concluding Statement describes the preliminary findings of IMF staff at the end of an official staff visit; the following link provides the IMF’s finding on Lebanon: ... read more

Lebanon’s Paradox: Water is Abundant yet Scarce

A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on August 24, 2017, on page 4. Lebanon’s rainfall is of a dynamic nature. Nuancing on the level of rainfall in Lebanon is Dr. Tarek ... read more

A Simple Note on the Productivity of Lebanon’s Post-War Public Debt, 1993-2016

By Ali Bolbol, Chief Economist at BLOM Bank and Alexandre Mouradian, Head of Investor Relations at Blominvest Bank Introduction It is still fairly hard in the economics literature to come up with a ... read more

A Note on Growth Accounting for Post-War Lebanon: Preliminary Analysis and Policy Implications

A Note on Growth Accounting for Post-War Lebanon: Preliminary Analysis and Policy Implications, by Dr. Ali A. Bolbol, Economic Advisor at BLOMINVEST Bank In early 2017, the giant American chipmaker, ... read more

The Impact of U.S. sanctions on the Lebanese Economy

Find below the speech of Mr. Marwan Mikhael, Head of Research at BLOMINVEST BANK, at the “De-Risking & Sanctions: From Awareness to Aversion Role of Financial Regulator and Banks” conference, under the ... read more

2016 in Review and Outlook for 2017: Deterioration Stopped, Recovery is yet to come

The Lebanese economy extended its stay in the tunnel during 2016 despite the election of a president and the formation of a government. These 2 events relaxed the political atmosphere that was negatively ... read more

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March 22, 2017

Savings in the Lebanese Economy: A Simple Tale from the Post-War 1992-2015 Period

In this paper, Dr. A. Bolbol, H. Hakimian, and A. Mouradian provide a simple, standard framework to understand savings in post-war Lebanon. In section 2 they look at the relation that ties savings to ... read more

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March 17, 2017

Lebanon’s Macroeconomic Outlook

Check out the latest presentation prepared by the Research department of BLOMINVEST Bank on Lebanon’s macroeconomic outlook : Lebanon’s Macroeconomic Outlook read more

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March 17, 2017

Egypt’s Macroeconomic Outlook

Check out the latest presentation prepared by the Research department of BLOMINVEST Bank on Egypt’s macroeconomic outlook : Egypt’s Macroeconomic Outlook read more

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