In the past two weeks of January 2018, S&P and Moody’s have renewed their respective assessments and warnings on Lebanon’Read More
According to the Association of Lebanese Banks (ABL), the total number of cleared checks slipped by 0.76% to 12.23 million (M), while the total Read More
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the number of tourist arrivals increased by an annual 9.98% to end the year at 1.86M by Read More
According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Lebanon’s gross public debt recorded an annual uptick of 6.46%, to reach $79.36B in the Read More
According to Global Blue, tourist spending in Lebanon rose by a yearly 5.5% by December 2017, compared to end 2016. The rise is mainly attributed Read More
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), average inflation increased by a yearly 4.44% by December 2017, compared to an average deflation rate Read More
Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a $1.01 billion deficit by November 2017 compared to a $327.7 million surplus by November 2016. By November 2017, the Read More
The resignation of PM Saad Hariri on November 4 shook the Lebanese political scene. As such, depositors either transferred their savings outside the Read More
As mirrored by a contracting PMI, the private sectors’ activity has been deteriorating in the past few years. As such, given the Read More
According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets rose by 2.39% on a monthly basis to reach $120.86B Read More
