As of June 2012, Moody's Analytics Data Buffet offers a new Lebanon database, sourced from Banque du Liban (BDL, the central bank). It is part of two products, the Moody's Analytics Global Database and Asia Database. Please contact your sales representative for details.

Our initial set of economic sectors include the coincident indicator, deposit (sight) savings, monetary policy rate and money supply, foreign trade, government (public) debt, and main real estate indicators. Data are available at a monthly frequency.  The table below summarizes the new coverage, but for full detail, please see related articles in Data Buffet News or attached to time series via Mnemonic 411, or catalog sections linked from the partial list of releases at the end of this article.

In addition to the locally-sourced data, we have a variety of cross-national datasets from international bodies such as the BIS, IMF and WTO; these include banking, commodities, demographics, energy, equity markets, exchange rates, and much more. These are grouped within the Sources: Multi-national folder in the Lebanon catalog.

Background and references. Lebanon (the Lebanese Republic, Al Jumhuriyah al Lubnaniyah): Its official language is Arabic, its currency is the pound (ISO 4217: LBP), and its time zone is UTC+2.

• Banque du Liban (BDL)
• Central Administration of Statistics (CAS)
• Wikipedia
• CIA World Factbook
• U.S. State Department
• BBC World News profile
• Statoids