The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) rose by a weekly 0.44% to 1,160.50 points this Friday. During the week an average of 121,735 shares worth $1.20M were traded compared to an average of 151,761 shares worth ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 546 guarantees by September 2016 to 447 guarantees by September 2017. The overall value of the guarantees fell by 26.31% to reach $54.20M by ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance, transfers to EDL doubled the first 2 months of 2017, compared to the same period last year, reaching LBP 309.07B ($250.02M). This rise mainly resulted from the ... read more
A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on October 19, 2017, on page 4. Economic growth in Lebanon has long been associated with growth in real estate, construction and ... read more
According to the Lebanese Customs, trade activity at Lebanon’s main customs offices slipped by August 2017, compared to the same period in 2016. In fact, total imports’ value fell by a yearly 1.58% to ... read more
Lebanon’s trade deficit narrowed by 1.28% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach $10.69B by August 2017. In fact, total imports dropped by a yearly 1.58% to $12.59B by August 2017 while exports slid by a yearly ... read more
Data from the Lebanese Cadastre Registry indicated that the number of real estate (R.E) transactions rose by 13.66% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach 67,805 transactions by September 2017. Accordingly, the ... read more
According to the latest data published by Lebanon’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), Personnel costs increased by a yearly 4%, to reach $4.40B by November 2016. In fact, the growth in public wages was mainly ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance (MoF), Lebanon’s gross public debt continued to rise by a yearly 4.36%, to hit $77.27B by Aug. 2017. In details, Debt in local currency LBP (61.4% of the total gross ... read more
According to Lebanon’s commercial banks’ balance sheet, total assets grew 2.04% year-to-date (y-t-d) and 6.95% y-o-y, to $209.39B by August 2017. The reason behind the y-t-d rise in assetswere the ... read more
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