According to the latest figures by the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Lebanon’s cash basis -fiscal deficit fell from $2.92B by May 2018 to $2.39B in the first five months of 2019. The improvement in the ...
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Abstract Lebanon’s fiscal performance weakened considerably in 2018. The country lost the primary surplus to a primary deficit and recorded a 10-year high fiscal deficit of $6.25B. The exacerbated fiscal ...
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Facing mounting pressures from the current unsustainable debt, international interference as well as weak economic growth, the Lebanese cabinet is discussing a draft austerity budget with hopes of ...
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Lebanon’s fiscal deficit expanded from $3.38B by November 2017 to $5.81B by November 2018 according to the records of the Ministry of Finance. This was attributed to a 21.8% yearly increase in government ...
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Figures released by the Ministry of Finance show that Lebanon’s gross public debt reached $85.25B by the second month of 2019, thereby recording an annual uptick of 4.57% when compared to the gross public ...
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According to the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon’s fiscal deficit expanded from $2B by September 2017 to $4.50B by September 2018. In fact, fiscal revenues witnessed an annual increase of 3.16% to reach ...
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According to the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon’s fiscal deficit expanded from $907.59M by June 2017 to $3.04B by June 2018. In fact, fiscal revenues witnessed an annual decrease of 1.97% to reach $5.94B ...
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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 ...
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The fiscal balance of Lebanon, an oil-importing economy, managed to record a larger primary surplus and a smaller deficit in 2017 even though international oil prices rose to an average price of $54.73 per ...
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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 ...
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