Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P), the international rating agency, raised Lebanon’s long-term local currency (LC) sovereign rating to ‘CCC’ from ‘CC’ on August 15, 2025. S&P said the ... read more

Cumulative container activity at the Port of Beirut rose by 7.94% year-over-year (YoY) to 401,485 TEU by June 2025. Cumulative container activity, referring to cargo loaded onto or unloaded from ships at ... read more

The cumulative activity at Rafic Hariri International Airport rose by 1.26% year-on-year (YoY) to 3,794,586 travelers. This increase was driven by a 5.96% cumulative YoY increase in arrivals, which totaled ... read more

Monetary Aggregate1 Jan. 2018 (Trillion LBP) Jan. 2024 (Trillion LBP) Jan. 2025 (Trillion LBP) Δ = Jan.2025 -Jan.2024 (Trillion LBP) CC 5.39 57.08 84.93 27.85 DD LBP 4.90 28.66 36.65 7.99 M1 10.29 85.74 ... read more

BDL compiled June 2025 data using the two below sources as per the IMF recommendation to align with the International Norms: The “Sixth Edition of the Balance of Payments and International Investment ... read more

According to Banque du Liban’s (BDL) balance sheet, the Central Bank’s total assets decreased by 0.16% Year-on-Year (YoY), reaching $94.16B by end-July 2025. Furthermore, the gold account, representing ... read more

According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 0.77% on year over year (YoY) basis to stand at $103.51B by June 2025 amid BDL’s adoption of a new exchange ... 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 by 47.99% year over year (YoY) to ... read more

Lebanese banks are now facing a 17% tax on provisions they were instructed to set aside—ironically, to absorb losses from sovereign bonds the State itself defaulted on. In line with directives from the ... read more