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Are Solidere and BLOM Stocks Correctly Priced?

By Invitation: Dr Azar is Professor of economics and finance at Haigazian University in Beirut, Lebanon. The views expressed in this are his and do not reflect the views of BLOIMVEST Bank. The BLOM ... read more

Lebanon: Slouching Towards A Petroleum Producer Country

The global energy markets have been witnessing serious shock waves amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine topped with supply shortages, price volatility and uncertain economic outlook. Major economies are ... read more

The Time-discounting and Procrastinating Economy: A Note on Crisis-Ridden Lebanon

As if the fact that Lebanon’s current economic crisis that is considered one of the worst three the world has seen in the last 150 years is not enough, the country has additionally tarnished its image by ... read more

Recent Inflation and Central Banks’ Reaction: Evidence from the US and EU

The outlook for the global economy continues to weaken as the combination of elevated prices and tighter monetary policy weighs on economic activity. Clearly, inflation has, at a minimum, altered the ... read more

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Spotlights on Lebanon
October 24, 2022

Solar Energy: Advantages and Policies to Encourage its Use

By Invitation: Mr Azhari is an independent researcher. The views expressed in the spotlight are his and do not necessarily reflect the views of BLOMINVEST Bank. There are few things in economics that the ... read more

Lebanese Agricultural Sector at a Glance

The agricultural sector in Lebanon is one of the main pillars of the Lebanese economy. Despite revealing prominent signs of improvement after the financial crisis, it remained below the country’s potential ... read more

Reserves, Deposits, and Money Multipliers in Pre-Crisis and Crisis Lebanon

We will start this note with a simple theoretical, but essential, discussion. Accordingly, two of the most important operational concepts in monetary economics are the money multiplier and the velocity of ... read more

Inflation irrelevance and financial market efficiency: an empirical study on BLOM Listed and Solidere A share prices

Lately there was a renewed interest about the relation between the inflation rate and stock returns (Azar, 2022). However, the case of Lebanon has not been considered and tested so far. This is the purpose ... read more

An Empirical Note on the Desirability of a Reasonable Customs Dollar Rate

Now that a comprehensive IMF program is in jeopardy given the loaded political agenda of forming a new government and of electing a new president, the need for piecemeal policy changes has assumed new ... read more

Providing Electricity To Lebanese Households: A Feasibility Study and A Sensitivity Analysis

The purpose of this note is twofold: (1) to study the feasibility of a project of providing a 24 over 24 hour electricity power to Lebanese households, and (2) to undertake a sensitivity analysis by ... read more

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