The real estate sector improved in 2014, probably due to the low base reached in 2013 when regional and domestic uprisings highly hit the Lebanese property sector. In fact, total real estate transactions ... read more

Activity on Lebanon’s main port continued to defy economic conditions, and sustained 2013’s increase, where total container activity including transshipment jumped by an annual 8.33% to 1,210,41 ... read more

According to the Association of Car Importers in Lebanon (AIA), there was a 4.55% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in the number of registered new passenger and commercial cars to 40,135 cars. This was due to ... read more

The Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a deficit of $1.29B during the first eleven months of 2014 tightening from 2013’s level of $1.66B. Net foreign assets (NFA) of the Central Bank (BdL) increased ... read more

Rafic Hariri International Airport (RHIA) activity improved during 2014, where the total number of passengers increased by 4.86% year-on-year (y-o-y) to 6.57M. The number of arrivals added 3.44% to 3.22M. ... read more

The number of cleared checks showed a drop of 2.14% yearly, to 11.86M, by November. However, the cumulative value of these checks increased by 3.41% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach a value of $68.31B. In ... read more