The BLOM Lebanon PMI for September 2025 rose to 51.5 from August’s 50.3, marking the fastest rate of improvement in private sector operating conditions since May 2013 and a second consecutive month in ... read more
Total container activity including transshipment (TEU+TS) decreased by a yearly 6.14% to stand at 444,257 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) for the month of July 2024, with transshipment activity (TS) ... read more
Year Annual: July to July Inflation % Exchange Rate Depreciation % Ratio of Import to GDP % Pass-through Effect % World Inflation % 2019-2020 112.4 401.6 33.8 135.7 1.9 2020-2021 123.5 137.4 52.8 72.5 ... read more
Bank Audi published on 6 September, 2024 its non-audited financial results for H1 2024. In its statement, Bank Audi said that “ (1) The continued absence of the required reform pack to address the impact ... read more
According to market sources, Lebanese car market expanded by 36.52% YOY by July 2024 to 5312 cars. On a monthly basis, 1278 cars were sold in July 2024. The distribution of cars was as follows: ... read more
The MOF published its draft proposal for the 2025 Budget. The draft budget is largely a contingent budget designed to ‘keep business as usual’, not a transformative budget aimed at redesigning the economic ... read more
According to the balance sheet of Banque du Liban (BDL), the central bank’s total assets declined by 9.04% annually, to reach $94.68B by the end of August 2024, amid adopting the 89,500 LBP/USD official ... read more
Starting from 2011 onwards, it was clear to discernable observers that the policy and institutional framework for the Lebanese economy was unsustainable. It was only a matter of time before the ‘chicken ... read more
According to the data from the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (LRC), the cumulative number of Real estate (RE) transactions reached 19,693 valued at $2,127M by July 2024, calculated at ... read more
Total container activity including transshipment (TEU+TS) decreased by a yearly 5.09% to stand at 371,959 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) for the month of June 2024, with transshipment activity (TS) ... read more
According to the Ministry of Tourism’s data, the number of incoming visitors witnessed an annual drop of 16.12% in June 2024, reaching 630,075 by June 2024. This drop is due to the security situation along ... read more
Lebanon’s annual inflation rate fell to 35.37% in July 2024, from 41.78% in June 2024, recording its lowest level since March 2020, according to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS). The decrease ... read more
The rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) maintained its rating on Lebanese pound bonds at SD for Foreign Currency and at CC for Long-Term Local Currency, with a negative long-term outlook. ... read more
On August 6th, 2024, Minister of Finance Youssef El Khalil sent to the Council of Ministers a request to apply an exchange rate for the US dollars for the purpose of recording revenues and expenses of the ... 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 from 298,043 checks by July 2023 to ... read more
According to the balance sheet of Banque du Liban (BDL), the central bank’s total assets declined by 8.77% annually, to reach $94.5B by the first half of August 2024, amid adopting the 89,500 LBP/USD ... read more
According to the data from the Orders of Engineers in Beirut and Tripoli, the total construction permits witnessed a year-on-year (YOY) decrease of 3.2% to reach 5,782 permits by July 2024 due to several ... read more
The activity at Rafic Hariri International Airport has decreased in July 2024 for the 7th consecutive month due to the prolonged conflicts on the Lebanese southern border. As such, the cumulative count of ... read more
Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL) revealed some figures regarding banking and monetary indicators as of end of June 2024. These indicators reveal the effects of the banking sector crisis in Lebanon, ... read more
The Central Bank issued on June 4th, 2024 basic circular #168 that was addressed to banks, financial institutions, leasing companies, institutions that issue and promote charge and credit cards, ... read more
According to BDL’s latest monetary report, the BOP recorded a surplus of $363M by June 2024, far less than the surplus over the same period last year of $1,143M. Accordingly, Net Foreign Assets (NFAs) of ... read more
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