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INDICATORS - Lebanon - Updated Sept 4
BEIRUT, Sept 4 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics. Figures are provided by the central bank, finance ministry and ratings agencies.
Newly updated information denoted by .
-----------------------LEBANESE POUND----------------------
EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN BANKS - 1,507.5 pounds to the dollar
-----------------------KEY INTEREST RATES------------------
T-bill weekly rates
*
Term Discount Yield
3 months 5.15 5.22
6 months 6.97 7.22
12 months 7.18 7.73
24 months --- 8.40
36 months --- 9.06
Central bank CD rates
45 days....04.40
60 days....04.89
182 days...-----
364 days...-----
-------------------ECONOMIC INDICATORS----------------------
Balance of payments June May April March Feb
639.7 -416.1 73.1 -497.4 542.7
Total 2006 +2,794.5
Total 2005 +747.2
Total 2004 +168.5
Total 2003 +3,386
Trade
May 08 April 08 March 08 Feb 08 May 07
Imports 1,305.16 1,310.47 1,179.26 1,211.99 929.59
Exports 266.60 279.08 302.01 310.54 233.48
Foreign currencies
May 08 April 08 March 08 Feb 08 May 08
17.963 17.16 16.33 16.26 14.94
*Debt
June '08 Dec '07
Gross public debt 44.5 42.03
Local currency 34,672 31,373
Foreign currency 21.48 21.22
Money supply
June 08 May 08 April 08 March 08 June 07
M1 3,700.17 3,738.67 3,644.85 3,560.64 3,321.50
M2 29,097.55 27,793.65 26,908.91 25,878.11 24,575.48
M3 95,808.48 94,460.61 94,545.96 92,834.61 84,484.88
M4 101,371.5 99,916.51 100,165.2 98,526.81 90,087.47
(M1 = Currency in circulation plus demand deposits, M2 = M1 plus other deposits in Lebanese pounds, M3 = M2 plus foreign currency deposits, M4 = M3 plus treasury bills held by the non-banking system)
Coincident indicator
March 08 Feb 08 Jan 08 Dec 07 Nov 07 Oct 07 Sept 07
198.4 194 192.6 187.6 191 180.5 174.5
Public finances
Jan-June '08 Jan-June '07 June '08 June '07
Expenditure 7,191 6,346 1,083 1,161
Revenue 5,200 4,498 1,142 587
Deficit 1,991 1,848 59 574
T-bill weekly subscriptions
Term Yield Face Value Purchase Value
3 months 5.22 0.382 0.377
6 months 7.22 0.076 0.074
12 months 7.73 10.126 9.401
24 months 8.40 8.267 8.267
36 months 9.06 198.594 198.544
Total: 217.445 216.663
Subscriptions over maturities: 191.621
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