Lebanese Forex Market The 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. The peg continues to be ... read more
According to the central bank’s (BDL) balance sheet, total assets dropped by 9.75% year-to-date (YTD), to reach $126.89B in May 2019. In fact, the changes in the most accounts can be related to the Central ... read more
According to the Central Bank, Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a deficit of $3.3B by April 2019, up from the $773M deficit by April 2018. In details, BDL’s Net Foreign Assets (NFAs) fell by ... read more
January 2019 witnessed the highest monthly BOP deficit of $1380M since 1993, only July 2006 (launch of Israeli war on Lebanon) came close to it with a deficit of $1188M. The political tensions ahead of the ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet posted an 18.81% y-o-y (year on year) increase in its total assets, to $145.29B by February 2019. BDL’s foreign assets (grasping 26.76% of total assets) fell by ... read more
According to the Central Bank of Lebanon, Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) ended 2018 with a $4.82B deficit compared to a $155.7M deficit during the same period last year. In fact, the external balance ... read more
The balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank, BDL, witnessed a 1.97% monthly increase in total assets to $143.37B in January 2019. “Foreign assets”, constituting 27.39% of total assets, recorded a ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet ended the year with an 18.89% year-on-year (y-o-y) increase in its total assets which stood at $140.60B by the end of 2018. In fact, “Loans to local financial ... read more
The difficult economic situation and political deadlock in the country are still weighing on its external balance. According to the Central Bank of Lebanon, the balance of payments recorded a deficit of ... read more
According to the Central Bank of Lebanon, the balance of payments recorded a deficit of $3.12B by October compared to a deficit of $1B by the same period last year. In fact, the NFAs of the Central Bank ... read more
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