The demand on 5 year (5Y) and 10Y Eurobonds grew over the week, as the respective yields retreated from 7.16% and 7.78% to 6.95% and 7.7%, respectively. The BLOM Bond Index (BBI) ended the week at 99.59 ... read more
The balance sheet of Lebanon’s commercial banks showed Total assets climbed by 8.9% year-on-year (y-o-y) to settle at $222.59B in the first month of 2018. In details, Reserves (48.49% of total assets) ... read more
The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet posted a 0.88%% month-on-month (m-o-m) downtick in its Total assets, which totaled $122.3B in February 2018. BDL’s Foreign assets (grasping 35.5% of total assets) ... read more
RAMCO’s Feb. 2018 study on the “office market segment” in Beirut revealed that 28 office projects are currently under construction in Municipal Beirut, compared to 32 projects in 2017. Similarly, the ... read more
Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of major currencies against the LBP. read more
Cement deliveries contracted by an annual 2.21% by the end of 2017, to stand at 5.15M tons compared to 5.27M tons by end 2016. In addition, the six-month moving average of the number of cement deliveries ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF) and the Association of Banks (ABL), Lebanon’s gross public debt climbed by an annual 6.19% to reach $79.52B by end-2017. In fact, the recorded growth almost ... 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, reached 5,346 transactions in ... read more
Confidence: the underlying driver behind every market’s boom or bust. Currencies are no strangers to this concept; pegged or free-floating, a strong currency is one that has a vote of confidence. In ... read more
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), consumer prices rose by a yearly 5.55% in the first month of 2018, compared to an average inflation rate of 4.25% recorded by Jan. 2017. The ... read more
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