Abstract The car market carries bigger indications than car sales and ownership. Analyzing the autos market, in a small economy like Lebanon Read More
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Economic Indicators
Lebanon’s Maritime Trade Activity Hampered by October 2019, in light of the National Developments
The figures released by the Port of Beirut (PoB) showed that the Port’s revenues fell by 14.64% year-on-year (YOY) to stand at $166.5Read More
Civic protests erupted in the country on October 17th 2019 triggering economic and political unrest. As a result, the latest data by the Read More
Financial Markets
Date Set for Parliamentary Consultations: Prices of Lebanese Eurobonds Lifted Up for the Week
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI), a market value-weighted index that tracks the performance of the Lebanese government Eurobonds market excluding coupon Read More
Economic Indicators
The Balance of Payments Deficit Stood at $197.9M in October 2019 alone, Carrying Key Indications Linked to the Social Unrest
For a proper analysis of the changes to the Lebanese balance of payments in October 2019 to-date, it is worthy to take note Read More
PMI Reports
Protests Drive Fastest Output Contraction in Series’ History: BLOM Lebanon PMI at 37 in November 2019
The first full materialization of the civic protest’s economic repercussions emerged in November 2019, as economic growth is estimated at -0.5% year-to-date. Read More
The fiscal deficit (on cash basis) of Lebanon narrowed from $3.38B in the first 8 months of 2018 to $2.95B by August 2019. The reduced Read More
According to the latest data published by the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) Average consumer prices in Lebanon rose by 2.45% year-on-year (YOY) Read More
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI), a market value-weighted index that tracks the performance of the Lebanese government Eurobonds market excluding coupon Read More
Economic Indicators
Total Number of Cleared Checks Slashed by 50%YOY in October 2019 as Protests Erupted
With banks closing their doors since mid-October during the protests, people preferred dealing in cash payments. In fact, the latest statistics provided Read More
