According to the Association of Lebanese Car Importers (AIA), the number of new registered “commercial” and “passenger” cars witnessed a 19.87% annual slump to settle at 11,162 cars by May 2019. In ... read more
According to the central bank’s (BDL) balance sheet, total assets dropped by 9.75% year-to-date (YTD), to reach $126.89B in May 2019. In fact, the changes in the most accounts can be related to the Central ... read more
According to the Central Bank, Lebanon’s Balance of Payments (BoP) registered a deficit of $3.3B by April 2019, up from the $773M deficit by April 2018. In details, BDL’s Net Foreign Assets (NFAs) fell by ... read more
Figures released by the Ministry of Finance (MoF) revealed that Lebanon’s gross public debt climbed by a monthly 1.2% and grew by a yearly 5.3% to hit $86.2B in the first quarter of 2019 (Q1). The rise ... read more
Lebanon’s average consumer prices rose by 3.61% year-on-year (y-o-y) by April 2019 compared to an annual uptick of 5.47% recorded in the same period of 2018, as per the Central Administration of Statistics ... read more
According to the Association of Lebanese Banks (ABL), the value of cleared checks reached $19.26B by April 2019, down by 12.97% compared to the same period last year. Similarly, the total number of cleared ... read more
Abstract This study traces back Lebanon’s public debt levels, debt composition and the incurred costs of debt to infer the main cycle that has driven the country to its current downturn. Since September ... read more
The activity at Beirut International Airport in the first quarter of the year (Q1 2019) witnessed a slight uptick, with the total number of passengers rising from 1.73M in Q1 2018 to 1.75M in Q1 2019. In ... read more
The consolidated financial statements of Byblos Bank revealed a 3.33% year-on-year (y-o-y) retreat in profits to $26.92M in the first quarter of 2019 (Q1 2019). The bank’s reports attribute the drop in ... read more
The PMI slightly improved from 46.3 points in March to 46.7 points in April 2019, which translated into a softer deterioration in the operating environment of private sector businesses in Lebanon over the ... read more
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