Lebanon’s fiscal deficit (cash basis) narrowed from $1.91B by April 2018 to $1.38B by April 2019. This was attributed to an 11.86% yearly drop in government expenditures to hit $4.54B. Meanwhile, fiscal ... read more
Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of major currencies against the LBP. read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit for the first 5 months of 2019 stood at $7.32B, widening from $6.64B in in the same period last week, on the back of total imports increasing by an annual 10.02% to $8.76B, while ... read more
Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of major currencies against the LBP. read more
According to Global Blue’s Q1 2019 “Globe Shopper Spending” report for Lebanon, total tourist spending grew by 11.53% year-on-year (YOY) and the number of total refund transactions grew by 5.8% YOY. In H1 ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) rose over the week ending July 19th by 0.65% to 846.90 points. Accordingly, the market capitalization grew from $8.20B to $8.25B in the past week. As such, the Average traded ... read more
he Lebanese Pound (LP) steadied during the past week within the range of $/LP 1,514 – 1,514.5 against the dollar, with a mid-price of $/LP 1,514.25. Lebanese Forex Market The peg continues to be ... read more
2018 recorded strong losses in asset prices and high volatility, with all major equity indices ending the year in the red and for most it was their worst annual performance since 2008. However, Equity ... read more
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI) partly reversed last week’s 3.29% dip as it recorded an uptick of 1.19% to stand at 89.51 points by July 18th 2019. The improvement may be attributed to JP Morgan recently ... read more
Broad Money (M3) increased by LBP 128B ($85M) in the week ending July 04, 2019 to reach LBP 210,632B ($139.7B), retreating by a yearly 1.07% and 0.71% since the start of the year. In details, M1 contracted ... read more
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