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Central Bank Issues Intermediate Circulars 746 & 747 Amending BDL Basic Circulars 158 & 166
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
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Port of Beirut: Cumulative Total Container Activity Rose 18.04% YoY by October 2025 to 756,457 TEU
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
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
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
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BDL Issues Basic Circular 3 on KYC Forms for Currency Transactions and Exchange Operations
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
($B) 06-Nov-24 30-Oct-25 06-Nov-25 Change over the Period Y-O-Y % Change % Change y-t-d M 1 0.97 1.201 1.174 &Read More
($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
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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 Read More
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
