| DATE | PUBLICATION# | TITLE | EXCERPT | DOWNLOAD | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2015 | 257 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 281.4 in October 2015, compared with 271.5 in the previous month and 272.6 in October 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 395.5 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.4%, and the deposit dollarization rate stood at 64.6% at end-October. Bank interest rates increased on both LBP debit and credit accounts and on USD credit accounts, while they fell on USD debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Sep 2015 | 256 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 271.5 in September 2015, compared with 266.6 in the previous month and 264.3 in September 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 121.8 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 5.8%, and the deposit dollarization rate stood at 64.6% at end-September. Bank interest rates increased on LBP and USD debit accounts, while they decreased on LBP and USD credit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Aug 2015 | 255 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 266.6 in August 2015, compared with 264.6 in the previous month and 265.0 in August 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 332.0 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.6%, and the deposit dollarization rate reached 65.0% at end-August. Bank interest rates increased on both USD debit and credit accounts and on LBP credit accounts, while they decreased on LBP debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Jul 2015 | 254 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 264.6 in July 2015, compared with 277.7 in the previous month and 248.4 in July 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a surplus of USD 2.4 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.0%, and the deposit dollarization rate stood at 64.9% at end-July. Bank interest rates increased on both USD debit and credit accounts and on LBP credit accounts, while they decreased on LBP debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Jun 2015 | 253 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 277.7 in June 2015, compared with 285.0 in the previous month and 273.4 in June 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 794.3 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.2%, and the deposit dollarization rate stood at 65.1% at end-June. Bank interest rates increased on LBP debit accounts and USD credit accounts, while they decreased on LBP credit accounts and USD debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| May 2015 | 252 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 285.0 in May 2015, compared with 288.2 in the previous month and 283.6 in May 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a surplus of USD 189.2 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.0%, and the deposit dollarization rate stood at 65.2% at end-May. Bank interest rates increased on LBP debit accounts, while they decreased on LBP credit accounts and on both USD debit and credit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Apr 2015 | 251 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 279.7 in March 2015, compared with 263.3 in the previous month and 271.8 in March 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 417.4 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.5%, while the deposit dollarization rate fell to 65.2% at end-March. Bank interest rates increased on USD debit accounts, while they decreased on both LBP debit and credit accounts and on USD credit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Mar 2015 | 250 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 279.7 in March 2015, compared with 263.3 in the previous month and 271.8 in March 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 417.4 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.5%, while the deposit dollarization rate fell to 65.2% at end-March. Bank interest rates increased on USD debit accounts, while they decreased on both LBP debit and credit accounts and on USD credit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Feb 2015 | 249 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 263.3 in February 2015, compared with 269.9 in the previous month and 272.5 in February 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 152.6 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.3%, while the deposit dollarization rate fell to 65.4% at end-February. Bank interest rates increased on USD credit and debit accounts and LBP credit accounts, while they decreased on LBP debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Jan 2015 | 248 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 269.9 in January 2015, compared with 292.5 in the previous month and 280.3 in January 2014. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 280.2 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.9%, while the deposit dollarization rate fell to 65.5% at end-January. Bank interest rates increased on LBP and USD credit accounts, while they decreased on LBP and USD debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Dec 2014 | 247 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 292.5 in December 2014, compared with 268.7 in the previous month and 267.9 in December 2013. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 115.4 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.6%, while the deposit dollarization rate stood at 65.7% at end-December. Bank interest rates increased on LBP credit and debit accounts, while they decreased on USD debit and credit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Nov 2014 | 246 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 268.7 in November 2014, compared with 272.6 in the previous month and 278.8 in November 2013. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 424.4 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.4%, while the deposit dollarization rate stood at 65.7% at end-November. Bank interest rates decreased on both LBP credit and debit accounts and on USD credit accounts, while they increased on USD debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Oct 2014 | 245 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 272.6 in October 2014, compared with 264.3 in the previous month and 270.5 in October 2013. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 565.9 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 6.6%, while the deposit dollarization rate stood at 65.7% at end-October. Bank interest rates increased on both USD and LBP credit and debit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Sep 2014 | 244 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator stood at 264.3 in September 2014, compared with 265.0 in the previous month and 247.2 in September 2013. The balance of payments posted during the month a surplus of USD 131.1 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 7.6%, while the deposit dollarization rate was down to 65.7% at end-September. Bank interest rates decreased on USD credit and debit accounts and on LBP debit accounts, while they stabilized on LBP credit accounts | AR EN FR |
| Aug 2014 | 243 | النشرة الشهرية | Monthly Bulletin | Bulletin Mensuel | The BDL coincident indicator reached 265.0 in August 2014, compared with 248.4 in the previous month and 244.8 in August 2013. The balance of payments posted during the month a deficit of USD 563.9 million. Year-on-year, the consolidated balance sheet of commercial banks rose by 7.4%, while the deposit dollarization rate was down to 65.9% at end-August. Bank interest rates increased on USD credit accounts and stabilized on USD debit accounts, while they decreased on LBP debit and credit accounts | AR EN FR |