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Country Report Lebanon January 2011
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| 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | ||||||
| 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | 4 Qtr | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | |
| Central government finance (L£ bn) | ||||||||
| Revenue | 2,991 | 2,828 | 3,589 | 3,032 | 3,052 | 2,914 | 3,463 | 2,777 |
| Expenditure | 4,363 | 4,537 | 4,228 | 4,034 | 4,103 | 3,142 | 3,971 | 4,494 |
| Balance | -1,372.2 | -1,709.3 | -639.7 | -1,002.2 | -1,050.6 | -228.2 | -508.6 | -1,717.6 |
| Output | ||||||||
| Coincident Indicator (end-period, 1993=100) | 209.6 | 211.1 | 229.0 | 211.1 | 240.5 | 264.5 | 249.9 | 229.0 |
| Coincident Indicator (% change, year on year) | 11.7 | 6.4 | 15.7 | 10.5 | 14.7 | 25.3 | 9.1 | 8.5 |
| Financial indicators | ||||||||
| Exchange rate L£:US$ (av) | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 |
| Exchange rate L£:US$ (end-period) | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 | 1,507.5 |
| Deposit rate (av; %) | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Discount rate (end-period; %) | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Lending rate (av; %) | 10.0 | 10.1 | 9.8 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.1 |
| Treasury bill rate (av; %) | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 |
| M1 (end-period; L£ bn) | 4,269 | 4,189 | 4,649 | 4,739 | 4,840 | 4,969 | 5,199 | 5,390 |
| M1 (% change, year on year) | 19.3 | 17.6 | 25.6 | 18.8 | 13.4 | 18.6 | 11.8 | 13.7 |
| M2 (end-period; L£ bn) | 103,424 | 106,225 | 112,503 | 118,596 | 123,719 | 128,069 | 130,751 | 135,661 |
| M2 (% change, year on year) | 14.8 | 14.5 | 17.5 | 18.5 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 16.2 | 14.4 |
| BLOM stockmarket index (end-period; Jan 22nd 1996=1,000) | 155 | 122 | 1,430 | 1,470 | 1,566 | 1,613 | 1,512 | n/a |
| BLOM stockmarket index (% change, year on year) | -89.7 | -92.0 | 146.9 | 293.0 | 911.8 | 1,217.3 | 5.7 | n/a |
| Sectoral trends | ||||||||
| Construction permits (end-period; '000 sq metres) | 7,725.4 | 2,261.1 | 4,013.6 | 2,830.9 | 5,234.0 | 3,786.5 | 4,629.0 | 4,724.5 |
| Foreign trade (L£ bn) | ||||||||
| Exports fob | 1,260 | 1,382 | 1,163 | 1,156 | 1,553 | 1,552 | 1,635 | 1,363 |
| Imports cif | 6,473 | 4,886 | 6,922 | 6,272 | 6,411 | 6,613 | 6,326 | 6,951 |
| Trade balance | -5,214 | -3,504 | -5,759 | -5,117 | -4,858 | -5,061 | -4,691 | -5,587 |
| Reserves US$ m) | ||||||||
| Reserves excl gold (end-period) | 20,245 | 22,229 | 24,032 | 26,497 | 29,103 | 30,889 | 31,136 | 32,314 |
| Source: IMF, International Financial Statistics. | ||||||||
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