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Lebanon finances point to debt restructuring: Fitch Ratings
Middle East

Lebanon finances point to debt restructuring: Fitch Ratings

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s financial situation points to a likely restructuring of the country’s massive debt and financial sector to…
Bail-in or bail-out? Lebanese banks in need of rescue as crisis bites
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Bail-in or bail-out? Lebanese banks in need of rescue as crisis bites

LONDON (Reuters) – The worst is yet to come for Lebanon’s banks. The old-style way of running the economy –…
Exclusive: Draft of Lebanese financial rescue plan promises ‘painful’ steps
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Exclusive: Draft of Lebanese financial rescue plan promises ‘painful’ steps

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Lebanon’s new government will look to reduce interest rates and recapitalise banks as part of a broad…
Egypt jumps 55 places in Open Budget Index: Finance Minister
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Egypt jumps 55 places in Open Budget Index: Finance Minister

Egyptian Finance Minister Mohamed Maait announced Monday that Egypt has jumped 55 positions in its budget transparency index the “Open…
Lebanon pays back $1.5 billion Eurobond amid economic crisis
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Lebanon pays back $1.5 billion Eurobond amid economic crisis

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon paid back a Eurobond worth $1.5 billion that was scheduled to mature Thursday, a Finance Ministry…
Mayor says Turkish state banks shut out Istanbul after poll win
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Mayor says Turkish state banks shut out Istanbul after poll win

ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Istanbul’s new mayor has said Turkey’s state banks stopped making routine loans to the city after a…
Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens
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Fear, turmoil in Lebanon as its financial crisis worsens

BEIRUT (AP) — On one of Beirut’s main commercial streets, store owners are cutting salaries by half or considering shutting…
Dubai ready to take on more debt if needed: economic adviser
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Dubai ready to take on more debt if needed: economic adviser

DUBAI (Reuters) – Dubai continues to service its debt and is ready to take on more if needed, an economic…
Egypt aims to reduce government debt to 77.5% by June 2022
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Egypt aims to reduce government debt to 77.5% by June 2022

The Egyptian Finance Ministry announced on Friday that the government is targeting the budget for the fiscal year 2019/2020 with…
Lebanese veterans block highways in budget protest
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Lebanese veterans block highways in budget protest

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Hundreds of veterans burned tyres and blocked highways in Lebanon on Thursday to protest plans to tax…
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