The BLOM Bond Index (BBI) lost 0.11% over the past week to reach 104.93 points due to lower demand for medium and long term Lebanese Eurobonds. Thus BBI lagged behind the JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond ... read more
Cement deliveries tumbled during the 8 months of 2015, dropping by 12.20% to 3.24M tons compared to a higher level of 3.69M tons by August 2014. This plunge could be partially attributed to the weakening ... read more
The municipal solid waste crisis has been the main highlight of the third quarter (Q3) in Lebanon. The forceful closing of the Naameh landfill resulted in trash being piled up on the streets, with no ... read more
The Lebanese Gross Public Debt (GPD) amounted to $68.88B (LBP 103,838B) in the first eight months of 2015, widening by 4.59% year-on-year (y-o-y) and 3.47% since the start of the year. Accordingly, ... read more
The number of construction permits witnessed a yearly drop of 12.51% to reach its lowest level in 6 years at 11,227 in the first 9 months of the year, compared to a higher level of 12,833 during the same ... read more
Total real estate transactions (local and foreign transactions) stood at 45,293 in the first 9 months of the year, with a 12.18% yearly decline from 51,572. Furthermore, those total transactions were worth ... read more
Lebanon’s touristic sector progressed to reach 1.18M tourists by September 2015, its highest level in 3 years. According to the Ministry of Tourism, the number of incomers by September 2015 surged by ... read more
Advertising is one of the most expanding and evolving sectors in an economy. Even as one advertising platform’s growth slows or loses relative share, another takes its place, gaining people’s attention ... read more
According to Ernst & Young Middle East hotel benchmark survey, looking at the month of September alone, Beirut’s occupancy rate lost ground, declining by 3 percentage points (p.p). to 53% from ... read more
Tourist spending in Lebanon grew 5% y-o-y in the first eight months of 2015, according to “Global Blue”. The improvement of tourists’ spending in the first three quarters of the year came from the ... read more
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