Lebanon

Lebanon was thrown into a renewed bout of turmoil in late March following the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Mikati, several months ahead of planned parliamentary elections. Mikati's... 2013-03-25

The sharp narrowing seen in Lebanon's debt ratios since 2006 appears to have stalled, and is unlikely to gather momentum through 2014 at a time when economic growth remains fundamentally... 2013-03-15

Tens of thousands of supporters of the Lebanese Shi’a group Hizbullah protested in Beirut on September 17 over an amateur anti-Islamic film made in the US. The chief of the... 2012-09-19

Lebanon's budget is likely to head deeper into the red over the coming months, as elevated global energy prices necessitate an increase in fiscal transfers to the state energy firm,... 2012-09-19

In a further indication of the deteriorating security environment inside Lebanon in recent weeks, in mid-August two people were killed and 60 wounded in clashes between Sunni Muslims... 2012-08-21

BMI View: According to the Central Administration of Statistics, consumer price inflation in Lebanon came in at a 32-month low of 1.9% y-o-y in June, down from 2.9% and 3.5% in May... 2012-08-21

Balance of payments dynamics across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) look set to remain under strain through H212. The external economic asymmetries of the region's net-oil importers... 2012-07-27