Following a $1.5B announcement, Lebanon successfully sold $3.0B of sovereign Eurobonds to repay its maturing foreign currency debt. The debt issue enclosed 3 maturities: $1.25B of 10Y Eurobonds maturing in ... read more
Lebanon’s average consumer price index (CPI) rose 4.6% y-o-y to reach 98.73 by February 2017 as 12 out of its 13 components posted yearly upturns. Inflation during the first two months of the year was ... read more
According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets dropped by a monthly 0.80% to $102.77B in mid- March, compared to $103.58B by mid-February. Foreign assets (39.91% of total ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit widened by 25.09% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $4.94B by the end of 2016. This was attributed to the 9.90% yearly increase in government expenditures outpacing the 3.63% annual rise in ... 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
Like any other system in the world, Lebanon’s financial sector has its particularities and its vulnerabilities. While it’s good to expose and discuss the risks our financial system can encounter, it is ... 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
BLOM PMI rose again in the first month of 2017, reflecting the slowest pace in economic contraction seen in a year. “This is good news, albeit the BLOM Lebanon PMI is taking its time to reach 50 and above. ... read more
“The reform agenda is known, but is now more urgent” notes the IMF staff in their 2016 Article IV Consultation for Lebanon. Indeed, a lot of ink has been poured on the needed reforms in Lebanon: Fiscal ... read more
Data from the Customs revealed that the Lebanese trade deficit rose by 3.56% y-o-y to reach $15.65B by Dec. 2016, as imports climbed by 3.54% y-o-y to $18.7B, and exports increased by a yearly 3.45% to ... read more
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