VOL. XLV

No 9

4-March-2002

LEBANON

Lebanons Delay In Publishing BOP Deficit No Big Deal, SayBankers

Lebanons failure to include thebalance of payments (BOP) deficit in its monthly report released on 13 Februarybriefly rattled the financial sector. Shares tumbled in response, with the keyBLOM index ending the week down 1.7% at 420.29 and the trade volume falling to$600,000 from the previous weeks $1.4mn. However, the panic was short-livedand a day later the government published the figure, which...