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Dec 20, 2023  Gaza war adds 26,000 to the poor in Lebanon
Mar 30, 2023  Minimum wage doubled and transportation increased
Nov 23, 2022  Official exchange rate at LL15,000 from next February
Nov 08, 2022  Household spending expected to rise next year
Jul 13, 2022  Unemployment rate hits almost 30 percent
Mar 18, 2022  Money in circulation dips for first time in two years
Nov 15, 2021  Government is in fantasy land said UN rapporteur on poverty
Aug 12, 2021  Central Bank stops subsidy of exchange rate for fuels
Jun 10, 2021  IMF: No to Capital Controls without a broader reform plan
Jun 01, 2021  World Bank warns: Lebanon is sinking
Mar 23, 2021  Central Bank launches foreign exchange platform
Jan 11, 2021  The lira will be floated pending program with IMF
Dec 01, 2020  A deliberate depression says a World Bank report
Sep 16, 2020  GDP drops 15 percent in 2019’s last quarter
Sep 07, 2020  $4 billion in subsidies wasted on the non-poor
Jul 30, 2020  80 percent surge in prices since the start of the year
Jul 17, 2020  Local gasoline cheaper than oil producing countries
Jun 29, 2020  Exchange rate for dollar withdrawals raised to LL3,850
May 05, 2020  Private sector and others criticize Govt recovery plan
Apr 15, 2020  IMF: GDP to drop 12 percent inflation to grow 17 percent
Mar 27, 2020  GDP will contract by 12 percent in 2020
Mar 13, 2020  Dollar peg to be kept in the foreseeable future
Mar 04, 2020  Annual inflation drops in 2019 despite lira decline
Feb 26, 2020  Fitch: reserves sufficient for external debt payments
Feb 21, 2020  24 percent increase in food prices since October
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