Over the month of February 2018, business activity at the Lebanese private sector witnessed a slower slowdown as a result of smoother drops in Output and New Orders. This led the BLOM Purchasing Managers’ ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet posted a 0.88%% month-on-month (m-o-m) downtick in its Total assets, which totaled $122.3B in February 2018. BDL’s Foreign assets (grasping 35.5% of total assets) ... read more
Cement deliveries contracted by an annual 2.21% by the end of 2017, to stand at 5.15M tons compared to 5.27M tons by end 2016. In addition, the six-month moving average of the number of cement deliveries ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Association of Banks (ABL), Lebanon’s gross public debt climbed by an annual 6.19% to reach $79.52B by end-2017. In fact, the recorded growth almost ... read more
According to the data from the General Directorate of Land Registry and Cadastre (LRC), the number of real estate (R.E) transactions, which may include one or more realties, reached 5,346 transactions in ... read more
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), consumer prices rose by a yearly 5.55% in the first month of 2018, compared to an average inflation rate of 4.25% recorded by Jan. 2017. The ... 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 the Ministry of Finance, transfers to EDL rose by LBP 397.45B ($263.65M) to stand at LBP 1,350B ($895.5M), compared to LBP 952.16B ($631.6M). This rise mainly resulted from the increase in ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of issued loan guarantees stood at 39 guarantees in January 2018, compared to 47 guarantees in January 2017. The overall value of the guarantees also contracted from $5.34M ... read more
According to the Association of Banks (ABL), the total value of cleared checks added a yearly 3.75% to reach $5.92B in January 2018. Similarly, the total number of checks rose by a yearly 3.07% to 1.02M ... read more
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