The fiscal balance of Lebanon, an oil-importing economy, managed to record a larger primary surplus and a smaller deficit in 2017 even though international oil prices rose to an average price of $54.73 per ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit widened from $161.58M by February 2017 to $865.03M in the first two months of 2018 mainly due to three factors: the passing of the public sector pay hikes in Q4 2017, the ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit narrowed by 24% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $3.76B by December 2017. This was attributed to the 17.15% yearly increase in fiscal revenues, to $11.62B, outpacing the 3.45% annual rise, ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit narrowed by 25% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $2.50B by the October 2017. This was attributed to the 12.86% yearly increase in fiscal revenues, to $9.62B, outpacing the 6.34% annual ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit narrowed from $2.53B by August 2016 to $1.39B by August 2017. The contraction is mainly attributed to the 14.85% annual increase recorded in public revenues, which also outweighed ... read more
Lebanon’s fiscal deficit widened by 25.09% year-on-year (y-o-y) to $4.94B by the end of 2016. This was attributed to the 9.90% yearly increase in government expenditures outpacing the 3.63% annual rise in ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon’s fiscal deficit broadened by 27.13% to reach $2.53B by August 2016, versus a deficit of $1.99B in the same period in 2015. The 4.13% year-on-year (y-o-y) ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon’s fiscal deficit broadened by 8.52% to reach $1.94B by June 2016, versus a deficit of $1.78B in the same period in 2015. In details, in the first half of the ... read more
According to the Ministry of Finance, Lebanon’s fiscal deficit narrowed by 6.44% year-on-year (y-o-y) to reach $111.66M in January 2015. The fiscal deficit tightened following a 16.78% y-o-y slump in total ... read more
The fiscal performance improved during the first eight months of the year with the deficit narrowing by 36.77% (year-on-year) y-o-y to $1.66B and the primary surplus standing at $951M, compared to a ... read more
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