In early August, Wassim Mansouri marked his first anniversary as governor of the Bank of Lebanon (officially called the Banque du Liban, or BdL),…

The first televised debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump of this year’s US presidential election sounded the opening bell on the contest between…

A rallying gold price reaching record levels has caught the attention of the markets and the media and triggered a debate as to why. Commentators,…

From the title of her article on the IMF blog, there could be no doubting her beliefs. Indeed, ‘Strengthen Central Bank Independence to Protect the…

In under a year, the International Monetary Fund has released three research papers on “zombie” banks, showing the extent of top-level interest in…

There is a proposed law currently under consideration by Lebanese ministers that is designed to address the state of country’s embattled banks. It…

After more than two years of negotiations and 16 hours of talks in Brussels, the European Union finally reached a preliminary agreement on revising…

Turkey is caught in a severe economic and financial crisis, most clearly expressed by high inflation rates.In 2022, inflation peaked at 86%, dropping…

The world’s international financial architecture is outdated, and reform is badly needed to properly reflect how the global order has changed since…

A draft law on the reform and reorganisation of banks, prepared by the Banking Control Commission (BCC) and the Bank of Lebanon, was recently…