The Lebanese national debt, seen in relation to the country’s GDP, has been one of the highest in the world for many years. When the cost of servicing that debt…
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From the fifteen year long Civil War which began in 1975, to the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri in 2005, to the sit-ins in downtown Beirut in 2007 and…
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People may like to think otherwise, but the majority of catastrophes throw very visible shadows ahead. For example, most floods can be foretold by analyzing the human impact on terrain…
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The steady decrease in Kafalat loans, which dropped by 17.2 percent in the first 10 months of the year compared to the same period of time in 2012 is likely…
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Economics The world oil market should remain well supplied in 2013 and OPEC does not need to trim back its oil output, OPEC secretary-general Abdullah al-Badri said Monday. More from…
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Economics The outlook for Lebanon’s banking system remains negative, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new Banking System Outlook published Wednesday. It added that the main drivers of the outlook…
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Forecast to reach an altitude of $55.4 billion by year’s end, the precarious flight of Lebanon’s arrears is ruffling far too few feathers among our policy makers. Instead, they’re counting…
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The mountain of bad debt still on the books of the United States banking system and now emerging in the European banking system, as well as the furious monetization of…
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Executive sat with Hasni to discuss the repercussions of the Dubai debt crisis on the emirate’s real estate market. E When Dubai World made the debt standstill announcement, what was…
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The real estate market in the GCC, especially in highly speculative Dubai, is still on a downward trend and companies are struggling to ensure their survival in these tumultuous times.…
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