According to the Ministry of Finance , Lebanon’s fiscal deficit expanded from $844.73M by April 2017 to $1.91B by April 2018. In fact, fiscal revenues witnessed an annual increase of 3.44% to reach $3.81B ... read more
According to the data from the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (LRC), the number of RE transactions, which may include one or more realties, decreased by a yearly 16.82% to reach 33,199 ... read more
According to the Central Bank of Lebanon, Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) witnessed a deficit of $757.2M by July 2018 compared to $1.01B deficit recorded during the same period in 2017. In details, the ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet posted a 12.32% year-to-date (y-t-d) uptick in its total assets which stood at $132.83B. The rise came on the back of a 3.76% y-t-d increase in Foreign assets ... read more
According to the Association of Lebanese Banks (ABL), the value of cleared checks stood at $38.67B by July 2018, contracting from $39.82B over the same period last year. The total number of cleared checks ... read more
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), Lebanon’s average inflation rate rose by 6.23% by July 2018 compared to the same period last year. The average costs of “Housing and ... read more
According to the latest report published by Ernst & Young, Beirut’s hotel occupancy fell to 58.9% during the first half of 2018, compared to 61.9% registered during the same period last year. In ... read more
According to the central bank’s (BDL) balance sheet, total assets climbed by 11.15% year-to-date (YTD), to reach $131.45B in July 2018. In details, BDL’s Foreign assets (constituting 33.79% of total ... read more
According to the Orders of Engineers in Beirut and Tripoli, the number of construction permits declined by an annual 15.73%to settle at 7,171 permits by June 2018. The Construction Area Authorized by ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit widened from $161.58M by February 2017 to $865.03M in the first two months of 2018 mainly due to three factors: the passing of the public sector pay hikes in Q4 2017, the ... read more
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