TIMELINE
ECONOMY
Riad Salameh’s file to reemerge post-elections, central bank's foreign assets drop, parallel market rate diverges: Your weekly financial news roundup
FINANCIAL RESCUE PLAN
Leaked document shows government's potential financial rescue plan
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST BANKS
Judicial Inspection Commission chief Bourkan Saad has referred Ghada Aoun to disciplinary council
IMF talks, capital control law stalls, the Salameh brothers' legal saga: Your weekly financial news roundup
SALAMEH PROBE
Judge Ghada Aoun orders seizure of Raja Salameh’s real estate assets
BANQUE DU LIBAN
Just how long can the central bank keep propping up the lira?
LIRA RATE
Lira rallies on the parallel market Friday in response to major central bank intervention
CIRCULAR 161
Salameh expands Circular 161 in effort to pump more dollars into currency market as lira plunges
FORENSIC AUDIT
Parliamentary committee approves new law lifting banking secrecy, paving the way for a forensic audit of BDL
FINANCIAL CRISIS
Official exchange rate obsolete, mandatory reserves down to $12.5 billion: Salameh
FORENSIC AUDIT
Aoun “insists” on the launching of forensic audit of BDL accounts
CENTRAL BANK AUDIT
Responding to rumors of forensic audit firm's impending withdrawal, BDL says it will provide answers
FUEL SHORTAGES
Less mayhem at the gas pumps, but for how long?
Morning Brief
Cabinet gets to work, port blast protest, Jordanian premier visits: Everything you need to know today
ECONOMIC CRISIS