Ever since ex-PM Hariri resigned a year ago, he has been paving his way back to lead a new government through several maneuvers, with the latest nominating himself as the designated savior by France's president. He insists that the only chance to halt the collapse is to form a government of technocrats but somehow believes he's fit to lead such a government. Of course this could all be a media stunt while he agrees on…

After putting quotas for dollar withdrawals and spendings from banks, the BDL has issued yesterday a new circular forcing Lebanese banks to start lowering the ceiling of Lebanese pound cash withdrawals. In other words, your bank Lira, which Dan Azzi named "Bira", is going to gradually start devaluating relative to your Cash Lira and as a result, people will now have to cut down, even further, on their consumption. Read more about the reason behind…