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June 11, 2015

Euromoney: Interview with Marwan Mikhael

Watch the video below where Mr. Marwan Mikhael, Head of Research department at BLOMINVEST Bank, assess the Lebanese economy amid the ongoing political tensions and the worsening regional security ... read more

Financial Results of the Three Largest Lebanese Banks for the Year 2014: Sustainablity in Growth and Profit despite Difficult Operating Conditions

The un-audited financial results for the three largest Lebanese banks (BLOM, Audi, and Byblos) for 2014 show that they have maintained their growth and profit rise, despite difficult operating conditions ... read more

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January 30, 2015

Egypt boosts BLOM’s profits in 2014: Azhari

Kindly find below the recently published article written by Mr. Osama Habib in the Lebanese Daily Star Newspaper: The improved performance of BLOM’s subsidiaries in the Middle East region has boosted the ... read more

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January 30, 2015

Greece: Think Flows, Not Stocks by Paul Krugman

Kindly find below the recently published article—Greece: Think Flows, Not Stocks —written by Mr. Paul Krugman, the American economist, in the New York Times: How should we think about the bargaining that ... read more

2013 Lebanon Country Report

Despite high hopes, 2013 failed to show recovery signs taking the economy into deeper pits. On one side, the magnitude of the Syrian war and its spillovers on the Lebanese economy became more pronounced ... read more

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December 16, 2014

Statement by IMF Director Masood Ahmed at the Conclusion of a Visit to Lebanon

Mr. Masood Ahmed, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), visited Lebanon on December 8−9, for meetings with the Lebanese authorities and other ... read more

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December 15, 2014

From resilience to inaction- Lebanon must fight for a better future

Kindly find below a link to the recently published article—From resilience to inaction—written by Ms. Annalisa Fedelino, the IMF mission chief to Lebanon in the latest issue of the Executive Magazine: ... read more

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October 29, 2014

The Banking Sector in Lebanon: Rising Up to the Challenges of a Conflict Zone

The banking sector in Lebanon has faced rough operating conditions in the past three years both of domestic and regional sources. Yet, Lebanese banks managed to post growth and remain profitable, all the ... read more

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October 10, 2014

The MENA region: Challenges, opportunities and reforms

When revolutions swept the Arab world starting 2011, journalists and politicians around the world called it the ‘Arab Spring’. But with time it appeared that, as it should have been expected in the first ... read more

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November 3, 2013

2012 Lebanon Country Report

Rather a passive year for the country, 2012 affirmed the transition of Lebanon to an economic slowdown, whereby it contemplated contracted growths in most sectors. The war in Lebanon’s only recognized ... read more

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