The slowdown in economic activity had its toll on new projects guaranteed by Kafalat, as the number of guarantees given dropped in Read More
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Retail activity in Lebanon maintained its steady progress over Q1 of 2015 with the number of outstanding payment cards rising by a yearly 9.2% Read More
The BLOM Bond Index (BBI) registered a minor uptick of 0.02% over the past week to reach 107.148 points. The Lebanese gauge outperformed the Read More
The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) gained 0.58% over the past week to register 1,174.69 points. The average traded volume and value grew substantially from 71,507 Read More
Despite the 5.20% year-on-year (y-o-y) decline of the overall imports’ tonnage in the first five months of 2015 to 6.05M tons of goods worth $7.1Read More
On the London Stock Exchange (LSE), BLOM Bank’s GDR shares rose by 1% to close at $10.10. Meanwhile, Solidere’s GDR shares declined Read More
The Lebanese balance of trade for precious metals (gold, diamonds, articles of jewelry, silver, platinum, pearls and precious stones) has been in Read More
Moody’s released its outlook on Lebanon’s Banking system in late July in which it gave a negative view for the Read More
Lebanon’s touristic sector improved in H1 of 2015 year-on-year (y-o-y), on the back of the low base reached last year, the skiing Read More
The BLOM PMI stabilized at 49.3 in July signaling an unchanged slight slowdown of the private sector’s economic activity, as it stood Read More
