A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Daily Star on May 31, 2018, on page 4. The parliamentary elections are over, but the economic challenges facing Lebanon are still there ... read more
Lebanon’s BLOM Bond Index (BBI) dropped by 1.17% over the past week to reach 93.49 points. As for the JP Morgan Emerging Markets’ Bond Index (EMBI), it recorded a lesser weekly downtick of 0.57% and ... read more
Kafalat s.a.l, a Lebanese financial company that provides loan guarantees to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) issued the number of loan guarantees given from January 2018 to April 2018. According to ... read more
The BLOM Lebanon Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) stood at 46.2 in April 2018, its lowest level of the year so far. The index was weighed down by a faster deterioration in the levels of output and ... read more
According to the Central Administration of Statistics (CAS), Lebanon’s average inflation rate rose by 5.36% y-o-y, compared to an average inflation rate of 4.77% recorded by March 2018. The average costs ... read more
Business conditions failed to maintain their momentum in March and revealed a worsening business activity amongst companies in the private sector. Levels of Output and New Orders contracted at a faster ... read more
According to the Ministry of Tourism, the total number of tourist arrivals to Lebanon increased by an annual 2.97% to 221,695 tourists by February 2018. While Arab tourists used to represent the largest ... read more
Over the month of February 2018, business activity at the Lebanese private sector witnessed a slower slowdown as a result of smoother drops in Output and New Orders. This led the BLOM Purchasing Managers’ ... read more
According to Kafalat, the number of issued loan guarantees stood at 39 guarantees in January 2018, compared to 47 guarantees in January 2017. The overall value of the guarantees also contracted from $5.34M ... read more
Business activity at the Lebanese private sector kicked off 2018 revealing a continuing recession, yet the slowest recorded in nine months. Declines in Output and New Orders were smoother in January 2018 ... read more
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