Economics The Lebanese government may issue a dollar-denominated sovereign bond this month, the country’s Central Bank governor has said. “The government and the Finance Ministry are thinking of going to the market again, maybe in October, with an issue of the Republic of Lebanon in dollars,” Riad Salameh said on the sidelines of a meeting of Arab central bankers in Kuwait. He would not comment on details of the possible bond issue, saying it was up to the government to announce it. More from The Daily Star Egypt's negotiations for a $4.8 billion loan from the IMF have been delayed to give the government more time to draw up its economic reform program, the two sides said on Monday. Egypt was due to receive a team from the International Monetary Fund at the end of September to discuss the terms of the loan. It urgently needs financial support to
