Posted By
Najib
Jun 25, 2021 03:38
EM Economist & Former and previous Director of the Geo-economics and Strategy Programme Alia Moubayed shared some insightful figures this week on the surge in funds held by Lebanese in Swiss Banks since 2019. According to the above chart, "funds have surged on the year by nearly two-thirds...to 6.46bn francs...the highest sum since Swiss National Bank began releasing the data, in 1996". The surge in Swiss banks funds was accompanied by a drop in Lebanese…
Posted By
Najib
Apr 24, 2021 04:15
Megaphone shared a very interesting report on how Lebanon's public debt has dropped by over 80 billion dollars since last year, mainly due to two factors: - Eurobond prices have dropped sharply - Lebanese bonds value has dropped significantly In numbers, the Eurobonds have lost over 85% of their value and are now worth 5 billion instead of 36 billion dollars. Meanwhile, the Lebanese bonds are now valued at 7 billion at the market rate…
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