The World Bank recently released a report entitled “The Tech Start up Ecosystem in Beirut” in which it attempts to portray the status of this budding scene in Lebanon. The World Bank’s findings are based ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 602 guarantees by October 2016 to 491 guarantees by October 2017. The overall value of the guarantees lost 24.81% year-on-year (y-o-y) to ... read more
Contraction in the private sector’s economy accelerated in October as the BLOM PMI declined further to 45.8 points. The index remained below the neutral mark of 50, separating economic contraction from ... 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
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
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
The World Bank recently released a report entitled “Jobs for North Lebanon” in which it discusses the labor market in “fragile and conflict-affected” regions of Lebanon. According to the World Bank, their ... read more
Business conditions of Lebanon’s private sector companies saw further deterioration during the ninth month of the year. “The PMI was again discouraging in September 2017, recording a level of 46, the ... read more
The Rafic Hariri International Airport activity grew substantially during the first 8 months of 2017, where the total number of passengers increased by a yearly 6.8% to 5.54M. In details, the number of ... read more
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