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 Private Sector Confidence Shaken by Lebanon’s Political Developments and Economic Pessimism
PMI Reports

Private Sector Confidence Shaken by Lebanon’s Political Developments and Economic Pessimism

Helmi Mrad August 5, 2025

The BLOM Lebanon PMI for the month of July 2025 recorded 48.9, witnessing a decrease from 49.2 in June 2025. This slight decrease reveals the deterioration Read More

 Trade Tensions Ease Strengthens US Dollar and Weighs on Other Major Currencies
Financial Markets

Trade Tensions Ease Strengthens US Dollar and Weighs on Other Major Currencies

Helmi Mrad August 1, 2025

    01/08/2025 25/07/2025 % Change YTD Euro / LP 102,217.95 105,073 -2.72% 10.32% Euro / Dollar 1.1421 1.174 -2.72% 10.32% NEER Index 241.19 240.52 0.28% 2.98% The Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) of the Lebanese pound surged Read More

Financial Markets

Trade Uncertainty and Tump-Powell Tensions Weighed on US 10-Year Treasury Yields

Helmi Mrad July 25, 2025

  24/07/2025 17/07/2025 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI) 19.283 19.272 0.054% 45.10% Weighted Yield          102.11% 101.12% 0.982% -1.40% Weighted Spread 9,784 9,686 1.012% -1.44% The BLOM Bond Index (BBI), which tracks Read More

 Cumulative Balance of Payments Surplus at $8,143.3M by May 2025, Compared to a Surplus of $3,240.1M by May 2024
Economic Indicators

Cumulative Balance of Payments Surplus at $8,143.3M by May 2025, Compared to a Surplus of $3,240.1M by May 2024

Helmi Mrad July 17, 2025

BDL compiled May 2025 data using the two below sources as per the IMF recommendation to align with the International Norms: The “Sixth Read More

 BDL: Issues Basic Circular 170 to Prevent Dealing with Unregistered or Sanctioned Parties; Signs Agreement with “K2 Integrity”
Economic Indicators

BDL: Issues Basic Circular 170 to Prevent Dealing with Unregistered or Sanctioned Parties; Signs Agreement with “K2 Integrity”

Helmi Mrad July 16, 2025

The Central Bank (BDL) issued on July 14th, 2025 basic circular 170 (Decision 13735) related to cautionary measures to protect Lebanese financial and economic sectors Read More

 Optimism Regarding Lebanese Reply on Mr. Tom Barack’s Paper Pushed BBI Upwards to exceed 20 Points
Financial Markets

Optimism Regarding Lebanese Reply on Mr. Tom Barack’s Paper Pushed BBI Upwards to exceed 20 Points

Helmi Mrad July 11, 2025

    10/07/2025 03/07/2025 Change Year to Date BLOM Bond Index (BBI) 20.15 19.66 2.45% 51.59% Weighted Yield 96.80% 97.64% -0.87% -6.53% Weighted Spread 9,256 9,339 -0.88% -6.76% The BLOM Bond Index (BBI), Read More

 Ministry of Finance Decision 582/1 of Forensic Audit on Companies Benefitted from Governmental Subsidies
Economic Indicators

Ministry of Finance Decision 582/1 of Forensic Audit on Companies Benefitted from Governmental Subsidies

Helmi Mrad July 10, 2025

On June 23rd, 2025, Ministers of Finance “Yassine Jaber” and Justice “Adel Nassar” issued the below decision based on law #240 dated 16/07/20201 and particularly Read More

 Fiscal Doubts and Trade Ambiguity Weakens US Dollar
Financial Markets

Fiscal Doubts and Trade Ambiguity Weakens US Dollar

Helmi Mrad July 4, 2025

    04/07/2025 27/06/2025 % Change YTD Euro / LP 105,466.80 104,885 0.55% 13.82% Euro / Dollar 1.1784 1.1719 0.55% 13.82% NEER Index 239.16 239.2 -0.02% 2.11% The Nominal Effective Exchange Rate (NEER) of the Lebanese pound dipped marginally Read More

 Daily Capital Markets’ Performance
Financial Markets

Daily Capital Markets’ Performance

Helmi Mrad July 3, 2025

Discover today’s performance of BLOM indices, the closing prices of Lebanese stocks and Eurobonds, as well as the exchange rate of Read More

 Deterioration in Private Sector Conditions Eases, But Sentiment Drops Sharply
PMI Reports

Deterioration in Private Sector Conditions Eases, But Sentiment Drops Sharply

Helmi Mrad July 3, 2025

The BLOM Lebanon PMI for the month of June 2025 recorded 49.2, witnessing a slight increase from 48.9 in May 2025. This increase reveals the decrease Read More

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Indices

  • BBI 
    15/10/2026
    1.76%
  • BSI 
    16/10/2026
    -0.19%
  • BPSI 
    16/10/2026
    0.00%
  • NEER 
    16/10/2026
    0.13%
  • Exchange Rate 
     
    89,700 LBP/$
  • BDL Gold Reserve Value 
    30/09/2026
    $38.62 Billion
  • BDL Foreign Assets Value 
    30/09/2026
    $11.4 Billion
  • BLOM Lebanon PMI 
    September 2026
    50.5

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