According to the data released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Lebanese gross public debt increased by an annual 7.6% to settle at $91.64B in 2019. In details, local currency debt (denominated in LBP) ... read more

The year 2019 proved to be a challenging year for the Lebanese economy, given the economic and financial crisis. The current economic slowdown continues to weigh down on the construction sector. According ... read more

For the first time, CAS provides estimates of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on a quarterly basis. According to the recently published report, the sources and methods used to estimate quarterly GDP are ... read more

According to the Ministry of Finance, transfers to EDL witnessed a yearly drop of 7.74% to reach $ 1B by August 2019. In details “Payments to fuel and oil gas suppliers KPC and SPC” (which grasped 99.74% ... read more

According to the data from the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (LRC), the number of real estate (R.E) transactions which may include one or more realties, rose by a yearly 27.30% to stand ... read more

Lebanon’s trade deficit narrowed in 2019 to reach $15.50B, down by 8.95% compared to the same period in 2018. The total value of imports lost an annual 3.70% to stand at $19.24B. Also, the value of exports ... read more

According to Lebanon’s consolidated commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets declined by 13.11% year-on-year (y-o-y), to stand at $216.78B by December 2019. This is largely explained by the fact that ... read more

According to Banque du Liban (BDL), Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a deficit of $4.35B by the end of 2019, compared to a deficit of $4.82B deficit recorded during the same period in 2018. ... read more

The figures released by the Port of Beirut (PoB) revealed an annual slump of 14.10% in the Port’s revenues which settled at $198.88M by the end of 2019, compared to last year’s $231.53M. In details, Total ... read more

The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet started the year with a 0.86% monthly uptick in its total assets which stood at $142.58B by January 2020. In details, BDL foreign assets (constituting 25.71% of ... read more