According to the Association of Banks in Lebanon (ABL), the number and value of cleared checks dropped from 11.42 million and $66.06B by November 2015 to 11.29 million and $62.29B by November 2016. The ... read more
The Global Entrepreneurship Index (GEI), released by the Global Entrepreneurship and Development Institute (GEDI), is an annual index that measures the health of the entrepreneurship ecosystems in 137 ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs, trade activity at Lebanon’s main customs offices improved during the first ten months of the year. Total imports’ value rose by a yearly 7.02% to $14.69B by October 2016, ... read more
According to Business News, Port of Tripoli is expecting the arrival of the first container vessel, Cielo di Agadir, part of the CMA CGM fleet, on Friday. CMA CGM is already one of the top shipping ... read more
Following the approval of the capital markets’ authority on November 14, 2016, BEMO securitization established the securitization investment fund entitled Rymco Drive IV SIF. As such, Midclear issued notes ... read more
Following the approval of the capital markets’ authority on September 26, 2016, BEMO securitization (BSEC) established a securitization investment fund for Dima Healthcare, dubbed “DHC Healthcare 2 SIF”. ... read more
On Dec.8, 2016, Info Pro launched a new product, the Real Estate Survey and Index. The Info Pro Residential Real Estate (RRE) Index tracks price evolutions of residential real estate over time. It uses ... read more
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), average consumer prices dropped by 1.14% y-o-y by November 2016 as reflected by the average Consumer Price Index (CPI) which decreased from ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees grew from 621 guarantees by November 2015 to 655 guarantees by November 2016. The overall value of the guarantees decreased by 0.58% y-o-y to reach ... read more
According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets grew by 13.10% year-to-date (y-t-d). however, total assets slightly dropped 0.60% from Mid-November’s 2016 level to reach ... read more
According to Ernest and Young’s Hotel Benchmark Survey, Beirut’s hotel occupancy increased by 8 p.p to stand at 65%, compared to 57% in November 2015. This sharp increase can be justified by the improving ... read more
The board of directors of HOLCIM called on the bank’s shareholders to attend an extraordinary general assembly meeting which is to be held at Le Royal-Dbayeh on the 13th of February 2017 at 04:00 ... read more
Port of Beirut (PoB) recorded a marginal yearly decline of 0.09% in its revenues to reach $218.61M, compared to $218.81M in the same period of 2015. On a year-to-date basis, total container activity ... read more
The Rafic Hariri International Airport activity rose during the first 11 months of 2016, where the total number of passengers increased by a yearly 7.44% to 7.12M. The number of arrivals to Lebanon went up ... read more
According to the data published by the Lebanese Cadastre Registry, during the first eleven months of this year, the real estate activity witnessed a slight yearly increase. The total number of real estate ... read more
According to the Association of Lebanese Car Importers, the total number of newly registered commercial and passenger cars dropped 5.42% year- on- year (y-o-y) to 35,976 cars by November 2016. In details, ... read more
Lebanon’s gross public debt registered a yearly rise of 7.91%, to stand at $74.51B by October 2016. In details, debt in local currency, LBP, grasping 61.06% of the total gross public debt, grew by 5.97% ... 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 Lebanon’s commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets witnessed an uprise of 7.36% year-to-date (y-t-d) and 9.55% annually to $199.67B by October 2016. On a year-to-date basis, reserves rose ... read more
The board of directors of Bank Audi called on the bank’s shareholders to attend an extraordinary general assembly meeting which is to be held at the bank’s headquarters on the 21st of December 2016 at ... read more
Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) a $125.3M deficit during the first 10 months of the year, compared to a deficit of $2.17B by October 2015. As such, BDL’s Net Foreign Assets (NFA) recorded an increase ... read more
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