IMF Staff Country Reports

Lebanon : Financial System Stability Assessment

Author/Editor:

International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department

Publication Date:

January 24, 2017

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

Lebanon has maintained financial stability for the last quarter century during repeated shocks and challenges. A stable exchange rate pegged to the dollar, remittances and deposit inflows from nonresidents and Lebanese abroad, and adroit crisis management have helped preserve confidence through regional and domestic economic and political shocks.

Series:

Country Report No. 17/21

Subject:

Capital External shocks Human capital Immigration Inward remittances Lebanon Oil prices Production growth Revenue mobilization Selected Issues Papers Syria Value added tax