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Economics and Policy Bank Audi has sounded the alarm over a substantial rise in Lebanon’s public debt and budget deficit at the beginning of the year, warning against policies that …

Economics and Policy Power cuts in Lebanon's capital Beirut have risen to nine hours a day due to a crisis at the country's new energy barge. More from The Daily …

Economics and Policy Bahrain, which last year boosted state spending to quell political unrest, urgently needs to reform its economy to stop its debt burden becoming unsustainable, the International Monetary …

Economics and Policy Brent crude oil prices reversed course Wednesday and rose on the back of a rally in U.S. equity markets despite an increase in U.S. refined products inventories …

Economics and Policy Moody’s Investors Service Tuesday warned it could cut Lebanon’s government bond rating over potential spillover effects from Syria’s civil war, including suppressed growth and political instability. More …

Economics and Policy Lebanon's caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati has once again promised  that he would send the long-delayed salary scale bill to Parliament for approval. More from The Daily …

Economics and Policy Occupancy at Beirut hotels declined 10 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as room yields dropped 35 percent, Ernst & Young’s monthly survey of the MENA …

Economics and Policy The economic devastation of Syria’s war could drive the economies of neighboring Lebanon and Jordan into reverse, Syria’s former deputy prime minister has said. More from The …

Economics and Policy MP Mohammed Qabbani, the head of Lebanon's parliamentary committee on energy, has accused caretaker energy minister Gebran Bassil over the stoppage of the Fatmagül electricity barge. More …

Economics and Policy Saudi Arabia should cut energy subsidies that are burdening public finances, the economy minister and the head of the state-run utility said, a move that would also …