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 Central Bank Issues Intermediate Circulars 746 & 747 Amending BDL Basic Circulars 158 & 166
Key Takeaways

Central Bank Issues Intermediate Circulars 746 & 747 Amending BDL

Helmi Mrad December 5, 2025

On November 28th, 2025, the Central Bank issued intermediate circulars 746/13770 and 747/13771. These circulars modify basic circulars 158/13335 on exceptional measures for the gradual withdrawal Read More

 Port of Beirut: Cumulative Total Container Activity Rose 18.04% YoY by October 2025 to 756,457 TEU
Economic Indicators

Port of Beirut: Cumulative Total Container Activity Rose 18.04% YoY

Helmi Mrad December 3, 2025

Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 18.04% year-over-year (YoY) to 756,457 TEU by October 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo Read More

 Lebanese Eurobonds Prices Drop Amid Escalating Security Tensions
Financial Markets

Lebanese Eurobonds Prices Drop Amid Escalating Security Tensions

Helmi Mrad November 28, 2025

  27/11/2025 20/11/2025 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI) 22.71 24.29 -6.50% 70.87% Weighted Yield          83.34% 77.85% 7.04% -19.53% Read More

 Global Equities Experienced Worst Week in Seven Months amid Lofty AI Valuations
Financial Markets

Global Equities Experienced Worst Week in Seven Months amid Lofty

Helmi Mrad November 21, 2025

The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) compiled by BLOM Invest Bank daily decreased weekly by 1.2% to 1,941.41 points on November 21st, 2025. On the Beirut Read More

 BDL Issues Basic Circular 3 on KYC Forms for Currency Transactions and Exchange Operations
Key Takeaways

BDL Issues Basic Circular 3 on KYC Forms for Currency

Helmi Mrad November 19, 2025

On November 14th, 2025, the Central Bank (BDL) issued basic circular 3 (Decision 13769) on filling “Know Your Customer” (KYC) forms for Currency transactions and Read More

 M3 Drops to $67.31B on November 6, 2025   
Financial Markets

M3 Drops to $67.31B on November 6, 2025   

Helmi Mrad November 14, 2025

($B) 06-Nov-24 30-Oct-25 06-Nov-25 Change over the Period Y-O-Y % Change % Change y-t-d M 1 0.97 1.201 1.174          &Read More

 M3 Drops to $67.56B on October 23, 2025
Financial Markets

M3 Drops to $67.56B on October 23, 2025

Helmi Mrad November 7, 2025

($B) 23-Oct-24 16-Oct-25 23-Oct-25 Change over the Period Y-O-Y % Change % Change y-t-d M 1 0.97 1.242 1.205 (0.037) 23.94% 8.74% M 2 1.22 1.629 1.593 (0.036) 30.46% 14.36% M 3 69.70 67.73 67.56 (0.169) -3.07% -1.73% M 4 69.84 67.79 67.62 (0.169) -3.18% -1.81% BDL?s Read More

 BDL Issues Intermediate Circular 744 on Exceptional Exemptions from Required Reserves
Economic Indicators

BDL Issues Intermediate Circular 744 on Exceptional Exemptions from Required

Helmi Mrad November 6, 2025

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 Read More

 PMI Stays Above Expansion Threshold in October 2025
PMI Reports

PMI Stays Above Expansion Threshold in October 2025

Helmi Mrad November 5, 2025

The BLOM Lebanon PMI for October 2025 dropped to 50.6 from 51.5 for September 2025, signaling a third month of expansion in a row, however, at Read More

 Lebanese Eurobonds Drop for the Second Consecutive Week as Political and Insecurity Uncertainty Escalates
Financial Markets

Lebanese Eurobonds Drop for the Second Consecutive Week as Political

Helmi Mrad October 31, 2025

30/10/2025 23/10/2025 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI) 23.54 23.83 -1.21% 77.13% Weighted Yield 77.63% 76.05% 2.07% -25.04% Weighted Spread 7,388.03 7,237.08 2.09% -25.58% The BLOM Bond Index (BBI), which tracks Read More

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  • BBI 
    8/12/2025
    0.66%
  • BSI 
    9/12/2025
    0.05%
  • BPSI 
    9/12/2025
    0.00%
  • NEER 
    9/12/2025
    0.03%
  • Exchange Rate 
     
    89,700 LBP/$
  • BDL Gold Reserve Value 
    15/11/2025
    $38.47 Billion
  • BDL Foreign Assets Value 
    15/11/2025
    $11.98 Billion
  • BLOM Lebanon PMI 
    November 2025
    51.3

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