The BLOM Bond Index (BBI) continued the plunge started last week, when Prime Minister (PM) Hariri announced his sudden resignation from the KSA on Saturday Nov. 4th 2017. In fact, the BBI slipped by 1.39% ... read more
Lebanese Forex Market Despite the recent political shocks in Lebanon following the resignation of the Prime Minister Hariri, BDL’s elevated foreign assets which stood at $43.48B by October 2017, helped ... read more
Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of major currencies against the LBP. read more
Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of major currencies against the LBP. read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 602 guarantees by October 2016 to 491 guarantees by October 2017. The overall value of the guarantees lost 24.81% year-on-year (y-o-y) to ... read more
In the week of Nov.13, 2017, the Ministry of Finance announced plans to issue $1.7B in Eurobonds, in exchange for an equivalent amount of T-bills from the Central Bank (BDL). The operation would shrink the ... read more
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on December 06, 2017, on page 4. Every national government sustains itself by raising money domestically, through taxes, and by ... read more
During the week of 12 – 19 October 2017, Broad Money (M3) declined by a weekly LBP 32B ($21M) to reach LBP 208,876B ($139B). Nonetheless, M3 grew by 7.50% on a year-on-year basis and a similar 4.94% ... read more
Over the past week, the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) gained an incremental 0.11%, to end the week at 102.38 points. However, the BBI was surpassed by the JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond Index (EMBI) which rose ... read more
Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of major currencies against the LBP. read more
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