The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) rose to 581.36 points by the week ending June 05th 2020, up from 575.37 points recorded last week over a short trading timeframe following the Eid holidays. In its turn, the ... read more
The BLOM Bond Index (BBI) which is BLOMInvest Bank’s market value-weighted index tracking the performance of the Lebanese government Eurobonds’ market excluding coupon payments, partly recovered from its ... read more
The Lebanese lira registered a sharp depreciation against the US dollar (USD) on Thursday of this week as it traded at highs of LBP 3,800 in the parallel market. The heignthened demand on US bank notes by ... read more
MACROECONOMIC OVERVIEW Lebanon was in a state of “economic recession” in 2019. GDP growth dipped into negative territory in the consecutive quarters Q1 and Q2 of 2019. During the period, a political ... read more
On Dec. 18th 2019, Standard & Poors (S&P) Global Ratings lowered its foreign and local currency issuer-credit ratings on the three Lebanese banks: Bank Audi, Blom Bank, and Bankmed to ... read more
In its report issued on Dec. 12th 2019, Fitch Ratings explains the mounting financial pressure on Lebanon, such that, “a government debt restructuring or default is probable owing to acute political ... read more
Abstract The paper analyses two national indices, the BLOM Bond Index and BLOM Stock Index. Both indices generated by BLOMInvest Bank are used by international news agencies, to assess the performance of ... read more
The economic outlook of MENA countries remained gloomy during the third quarter of 2015 due to low oil prices and intensifying conflicts in many parts of the region. Economies of oil-exporting countries ... read more
Despite the protests that are taking place today, the Lebanese Bourse showed resilient performance on Wednesday, ending up the session in the green. The BLOM Stock Index (BSI) gained 0.07% to settle at ... read more
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