According to the Association of Lebanese Car Importers (AIA), the number of new registered “commercial” and “passenger” cars lost an annual 24% to stand at 13,889 cars by June 2019. In fact, the number of ... read more
Abstract The study explores the macroeconomic indications of the Lebanese economy and therefore comes to update the findings of the similar report published in Sept. 2018 and to interpret the impact of ... read more
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 ... read more
The June 2019 BLOM Lebanon Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 46.3 in-line with May’s reading, mainly driven by output and new orders indices at less than 44. Meanwhile, economic growth remains ... read more
The latest figures released by Lebanon’s Ministry of Tourism revealed a remarkable growth in the tourism sector in the first five months of 2019, foreshadowing a promising summer season which is usually ... read more
The activity at Beirut International Airport improved with the total number of passengers recording an annual uptick of 4.43% to reach 2.57M travelers during the first four months of 2019. In fact, the ... read more
Figures released by the Port of Beirut (PoB) show that the port’s revenues fell by a yearly 13.42% to stand at $85.9M by May 2019. In details, total container activity including transshipment (TEU+TS) ... 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, dropped by a yearly 16.22% to ... read more
According to the Association of Lebanese Banks (ABL), the value of cleared checks stood at $23.41B by May 2019, down by 15.47% compared to the same period last year. Similarly, the total number of cleared ... read more
According to the Lebanese Ministry of Industry, the value of total industrial exports in the first 2 months of 2019 contracted by 1.43% year-on-year (y-o-y), to settle at $384.8M by February 2019. As for ... read more
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