“We should resign ourselves to the fact that the ‘new normality’ is characterized by volatility and uncertainty”
“Looking forward it’s gloomy and at best, the economies will not perform. Far Eastern economies and third-world economies like Lebanon will keep on growing, but not as fast”
“Dubai is well”
“The German public still thinks that it has a choice about whether to support the euro or to abandon it. That is a mistake”
“Now, it will be around one percent, because of the events… maybe between one to two percent”
“We’re facing a challenge which one can call historic. If the euro fails, then Europe will fail”
“The economic situation in our countries is excellent and nothing is delaying the currency”
“Lebanon is immune to what is happening in Syria or worldwide because of the model we have, which is a highly liquid, prudent approach to credit and low leverage”
“The risk of all sorts of authoritarian political movements, and therefore even war, in the long horizon, rises”
