To support economic growth and price stability, monetary policy has remained highly accommodative during 2014. The central bank kept the interest rates stable Read More
As we expected last week, the banks’ positive earnings for the fourth quarter of 2014 continued to uplift the Lebanese stock market. The Read More
Investors’ demand for Lebanese Eurobonds relaxed during the week as regional security concerns faded. Consequently, the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) edged down Read More
Levant Investment Bank (Libank), a fully chartered investment and private bank regulated by the Central Bank of Lebanon, is going to launch Read More
By the end of October 2014 the fiscal outlook looked positive as the public deficit narrowed by 30.71% year on year (y-o-y) to $2.44B. Read More
Demand for the dollar strengthened over the week, as reflected by the Lebanese pound’s peg against the dollar that went from $/Read More
During the week ending January 29, 2015, broad Money M3 decreased by LP 145B ($95.86M), to reach LP 176,106B ($116.82B) with a 5.29% year-on-year growth. Read More
The Port of Beirut’s revenues shrank by 13.45% year-on-year in January 2015 to settle at $16.01M. Activity on Lebanon’s main port began Read More
The BLOM Bond Index remained relatively unchanged recording a 0.01% downtick to 106.89 points. The 5Y Eurobonds’ yield slipped slightly from 5.27% to 5.26%, while the 10Read More
The Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) witnessed a progress on Thursday as the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) increased by 0.63% to end the session Read More
