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IMF Article IV Consultation for Lebanon 2019: Substantial Measures are still in need to reduce the exceptionally large domestic and external imbalances

Under Article IV of the IMF’s Articles of Agreement, the IMF holds bilateral discussions with members, usually every year. In the context of the 2019 Article IV consultation with Lebanon, the staff report ... read more

Getting Out of the Crisis: A Roadmap to Recovery

The question that everybody keeps on asking is: is there still a way out of the current crisis or are we going to fall into an abyss with an intense deterioration of all economic indicators that may lead ... read more

Lebanese Eurobonds and Equity in H2 2019

Abstract The paper analyses two national indices, the BLOM Bond Index and BLOM Stock Index. Both indices generated by BLOMInvest Bank are used by international news agencies, to assess the performance of ... read more

Lebanon Pharmaceutical and Healthcare Sector Performance in 2018

Lebanon’s pharmaceutical overall market size is considered to be small by regional – as well as global – standards, with a population of around 6M. Lebanon’s pharmaceutical market ... read more

Dissecting The Recent Economic Developments

A lot of rumors have been circulating lately regarding the economic situation in Lebanon. Every citizen, whether an economic expert or not, is worried about the liquidity in the system and is trying to ... read more

Rouba Chbeir
Spotlights on Lebanon
September 28, 2019

Performance of Alpha Banks in H1 2019

Current Environment The current economic slowdown is taking its toll on the performance of Alpha Banks which was published by Bankdata for H1 2019. The balance sheet of the 16 Alpha Banks with deposits ... read more

The Lebanese Fiscal Performance in H1: A detailed Study of its main Metrics

The Lebanese economy has been struggling during H1 2019. The pressure has been rising to handle the large twin deficits and the very high level of public debt. The Lebanese private sector continued to ... read more

Rouba Chbeir
Spotlights on Lebanon
September 14, 2019

Slower Lending in 2019 Points towards a Challenging Year

Growth in the Lebanese economy was capped in H1 2019 whilst Lebanon’s private sector continued to be crowded out. Lebanon is known for its ability to maintain financial stability despite political and ... read more

Lebanon Trade and Investment Risk Report Q3 2019

Abstract This study summarizes and highlights the main findings of FitchSolution “Lebanon Trade and Investment Risk Report Q3 2019” report adding some information and data by BLOMInvest Bank. Despite the ... read more

Patterns in Lebanon’s Consumer Spending: 2019 – 2023

Abstract Fitch Solutions’ 2019 report tackled consumer and retail patterns in Lebanon from 2019-2023. Amid the recent hype regarding Lebanon’s 2019 budget, promised reforms, the country’s future business ... read more

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