Lebanon officially asked the IMF for a financial lifeline on May 01st. The Lebanese government began its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after presenting a detailed financial rescue ... read more
The cash-basis fiscal deficit of Lebanon climbed to a 10-year high of $670.4M in Jan. 2020, after registering a $72.83M deficit in the same period last year. In fact, the national developments since ... read more
In a regional analysis of the hospitality sector performance presented by Ernst & Young’s Middle East (ME) Hotel Benchmark Survey, key performance indicators (KPIs) of Arab capitals hit unprecedented ... read more
According to BDL’s latest monetary report, the BOP recorded a cumulative deficit of $1.09B in the first quarter of 2020, compared to a deficit of $2.15B in Q1 last year. Accordingly, Net foreign Assets ... read more
The total number of cleared checks in the Lebanese financial system slumped from 2.65M checks in Q1 2019 to 1.85M checks in Q1 this year, as per the data published by the Association of Lebanese Banks’ ... read more
Lebanon’s Purchasing Managers’ Index hit an all-time low, as did the USA’s and most global markets’ PMI. Lebanon’s BLOM PMI expectedly slumped to lows of 30.9 in April 2020 as a result of business closures ... read more
According to Ernst & Young Middle East hotel benchmark survey, the occupancy rate in Beirut’s 4- and 5-star hotels slipped to an all-time low of 28% by February 2020, down from last year’s registered ... read more
According to the central bank’s (BDL) balance sheet, Total assets increased by 4.5% year-to-date (YTD) to reach $147.7B in mid-April 2020. The breakdown of the balance sheet links this uptick to a notable ... read more
According to Lebanon’s Central Bank (or BDL), the Balance of Payments (BOP) recorded a deficit of $505.3M in the second month of the year, compared to a deficit $1.9B in the same period last year. In ... read more
During the first month of 2020, Lebanon’s trade deficit totaled $820.5M, narrowing from the $1.17B registered in the same month last year. In fact, total imported goods retreated by 18% year-on-year (YOY) ... read more
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