By July 2020, Lebanon’s trade deficit totaled $4.14B, narrowing from the $10.24B registered in the same period last year. In fact, total imported goods retreated by 50.3% year-on-year (YOY) to $6.13B by ... read more
Lebanon officially asked the IMF for a financial lifeline on May 01st. The Lebanese government began its negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after presenting a detailed financial rescue ... read more
The Central Administration of Statistics (CAS) recently published the national accounts report for 2018, which revealed that Lebanon’s real GDP growth fell by 1.9%, marking the first significant drop since ... read more
The below-zero growth persisted during December 2019 and continued to be driven by November 2019’s sharpest deterioration in the private sector’s health. With a PMI standing at lows of 37 points in ... read more
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) fell by a marginal 0.16% to end the week ending December 13th at 758.54 points. The BSE’s market capitalization remained constant at last week’s $7.4B. In turn, the average ... read more
September 2019 witnessed the fastest deterioration in the private sector’s business conditions in Lebanon. Economic growth in Lebanon was capped between 0% and 0.5% by Sept.2019, as indicated by the PMI ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 277 guarantees by August 2018 to 47 loans by August 2019. In turn, the total value of issued loan guarantees fell to $5.2M, down from $35.9M ... read more
Growth in the Lebanese economy was capped in H1 2019 whilst Lebanon’s private sector continued to be crowded out. Lebanon is known for its ability to maintain financial stability despite political and ... read more
The BLOM Lebanon PMI stood at 47.8 in August 2019, little-changed from July’s 47.7 score, indicating an annualized growth rate of the economy by 0-0.5%. The score reflects the ongoing operating ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of loan guarantees dropped from 257 guarantees by July 2018 to 42 loans by July 2019. It followed that the total value of issued loan guarantees slumped from $33.6M by July ... read more
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