Ponzi economics
Financial crisis
Salameh admits the lira peg, his signature policy, ‘is finished’ as BDL reserves near a critical threshold for subsidies
Food security
Lebanon’s domestic agricultural production is faltering, even though import subsidies may be close to an end
Financial crisis
The Economy Ministry has a plan to fix subsidies. Here are the details — and why it likely won’t be implemented
Economic crisis
Almost 90 percent of Syrian refugees in Lebanon now live below the extreme poverty line, a UN assessment reveals
Opinion
How COVID-19 exposed the Middle East’s economic fragility
Wide angle
Domestic workers in Lebanon, silent witnesses of a country on the verge of collapse
Education
AUB abandons the official exchange rate, more than doubling tuition in lira and throwing students’ futures into question
Financial crisis
What’s at stake in the debate over BDL subsidies
Microfinance
As Lebanon’s financial system falters, Hezbollah’s Al-Qard Al-Hasan rises
Financial crisis
Parliament endorses the audit of the central bank — but not in a legally significant way, experts say
Social crisis
When Lebanon bids goodbye to its youth
Accountability
BDL is wrong on the law and should cooperate with forensic auditors, legal experts say
Financial crisis
Lebanon’s private hospitals say the central bank's cash lira policy is 'slowly killing' them
Opinion
The specter of hyperinflation hovers over Lebanon
Analysis