The value of fresh USD-denominated checks increased to $647.94 million during the first nine months of 2025 from $196.33 million in the same period in 2024.
Lebanon ranked 225th in the world and 22nd in the Arab region in the 2025 Global Investment Risk and Resilience Index with a score of 26.57.
Lebanon’s consumer price index rallied by 15.06% annually to 7,603.00 in September 2025, compared to 6,608.44 in September of the previous year.
The foreign reserve assets of the Central Bank rose by $31.06 million in the first half of October 2025 to $11.78 billion and gold reserves increased by $3.57 billion to $38.74 billion.