After a delay in government formation efforts, Lebanon’s economy is expected to contract further in 2021, in addition to drops in private consumption and exacerbating economic, exchange rate and debt ... read more
Moody’s assigned a sovereign credit rating of C to Lebanon. The C rating reflects Moody’s “assessment that the losses incurred by bondholders through Lebanon’s current default are likely to exceed ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) slumped by 2.01% to close the week at 726.4 points on January 17th 2020. Meanwhile, the Market capitalization on the Beirut Stock Exchange (BSE) fell from last week’s $7.25B to ... read more
The BLOM Bond Index (BBI), the bank’s market value-weighted index that tracks the performance of the Lebanese government Eurobonds market excluding coupon payments, fell by 0.97% to end the business week ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) rose by a marginal 0.72% to end the week ending December 19th at 764.02 points. The BSE’s market capitalization rose from last week’s $7.44B to this week’s $7.47B. In turn, the ... read more
Abstract The paper analyses two national indices, the BLOM Bond Index and BLOM Stock Index. Both indices generated by BLOMInvest Bank are used by international news agencies, to assess the performance of ... read more
Abstract Within the context of the most comparable bond markets to Lebanon’s fixed income, namely the US and Emerging markets, the study aims to analyze the most distinctive indications driving the ... read more
The stock markets have taken investors on a roller coaster ride. 2018 began with enthusiasm for global stock markets. Strong corporate earnings and positive economic data helped many indices hit multiple ... read more
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