The trade deficit in Lebanon contracted by 12.04% (year on year) y-o-y by the end of December 2015, to register $15.12B due to a 11.83% decline in total imports outpacing the 10.75% fall in total exports. ... read more
Following five years of outstanding performance, the Lebanese economy entered a new era of distress starting 2011, resulting from an internal instability and a political deadlock. The eruption of the ... read more
Lebanese Forex Market: Demand for the Dollar in the Lebanese Forex Market increased over the past week as the value of the Lebanese Pound went up from a quote of $/LP 1,510.5-1,514.5 with a mid-price of ... read more
Lebanese Eurobonds Market showed an improvement during the week, as reflected by the BLOM Bond Index that inched up 0.35% during the week to 102.79 points. Nevertheless, the Lebanese Eurobond Market was ... read more
On the Beirut Stock Exchange, the BLOM Stock Index (BSI) fell by 0.72% during the week to 1,153.09 points. The average traded volume increased from last week’s 185,386 shares worth $2,769,701 to 334,556 ... read more
Three out of the four listed Lebanese Global Depository Receipts (GDRs) were traded on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on Wednesday. In details, BLOM GDRs decreased by 0.73% to reach $9.53, following the ... read more
Demand for Lebanese Eurobonds augmented on Wednesday, as the BLOM Bond Index (BBI) recorded a 0.33% increase to 102.71 points. The yields on the 5Y and 10Y Lebanese Eurobonds dropped by 12 basis points ... read more
At 16:00 Beirut time, the Euro was quoted at €/$ 1.0920, the equivalent of €/LBP 1,646.19, appreciating by 0.27% against the US Dollar. Although the Fed assured the US economy is on the right track, it ... read more
With its initiative to regulate the micro finance sector in Lebanon, the BDL recently issued a set of regulations to control the credit operations performed by the small credit companies called “credit ... read more
Lebanon’s tourism sector improved by the end 2015 as the number of incomers surged by 12.05% to reach 1.52M tourists. The number of European visitors, grasping 33.29% of the total, augmented by 12.87% ... read more
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