The balance sheet of Lebanon’s commercial banks revealed that total assets grew 4.5% year-to-date (y-t-d) and 7.8% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach $213.4B by Sept. 2017. The rise can be attributed to the ... read more
According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets rose by 14.78% year-to-date (y-t-d), and stagnated compared to the previous month, to reach $117.45B in mid-November. In ... read more
Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a $457.2M surplus in September 2017 and a $189.9M deficit during the first 9 months of the year, compared to a surplus of $554.9M by September 2016. As such, ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 602 guarantees by October 2016 to 491 guarantees by October 2017. The overall value of the guarantees lost 24.81% year-on-year (y-o-y) to ... read more
According to the Association of Lebanese Car Importers, the total number of newly registered commercial and passenger cars slightly rose from 33,317 by October 2016 to 33,596 cars by October 2017. In ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance, transfers to EDL rose substantially to stand at LBP 545.66B ($361.96M), compared to LBP 316.89B ($210.21M) This rise mainly resulted from the increase in payments to ... read more
The activity at the Rafic Hariri International Airport continued its substantial growth as the total number of passengers rose by an annual 6.55% to stand at 6.4M in the first 9 months of the year. In ... read more
According to Ernest and Young’s Hotel Benchmark Survey, some regional hospitality markets dipped by Sept.2017, compared to the same period last year. However, four and five-star hotels mainly in Beirut and ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) rose by a weekly 0.44% to 1,160.50 points this Friday. During the week an average of 121,735 shares worth $1.20M were traded compared to an average of 151,761 shares worth ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 546 guarantees by September 2016 to 447 guarantees by September 2017. The overall value of the guarantees fell by 26.31% to reach $54.20M by ... read more
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