Pleased to host 🇱🇧 women economists and #IMF colleagues to a round-table on IMF's Lebanon 2023 Article IV Report.
Rich, open, and honest discussions around the report and the immense challenges facing 🇱🇧's economy.
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So now injection of the $ will start. ER will appreciate and all costs at Sayrafa rate will go up (Telecommunication, taxes,...) but will prices in supermarkets drop by the same percentage of the appreciation?
ارتفاع أسعار الطاقة التي تعد من مستلزمات الإنتاج الزراعي يؤدي إلى ارتفاع أسعار المواد الغذائية، و #لبنان و #مصر من أكثر الدول العربية المتضررة من تضخم الغذاء
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Thanks @Nasser_Saidi Dr for this great assessment. And we must not forget that this also comes when Lebanon is undergoing Fatf. We are all waiting for IMF feedback on this law as well as the banking secrecy law.
#Lebanon's draft Capital Control act will be an unmitigated economic disaster & will not achieve its intended policy objectives. It is a major policy mistake.Mikati government & BDL want to protect the special interests of banks at the expense of depositors and the general public