INDICATORS - Lebanon - July 1

Reuters - Thursday, July 2

BEIRUT, July 1 - Below is a table of the latest Lebanese economic statistics. Figures are provided by the central bank, finance ministry and ratings agencies.

Newly updated information denoted by .

-----------------------LEBANESE POUND----------------------

EXCHANGE RATE BETWEEN BANKS - 1,507.5 pounds to the dollar

-----------------------KEY INTEREST RATES------------------

*T-bill weekly rates

Term Discount Yield

3 months 4.88 4.94

6 months 6.30 6.50

12 months 6.41 6.85

24 months --- 7.50

36 months --- 8.48

Central bank CD rates

45 days....04.40

60 days....04.89

182 days...-----

364 days...-----

-------------------ECONOMIC INDICATORS----------------------

Inflation

May April March Feb Jan Dec Nov Oct

1.9 pct 2 pct 3.5 pct 2.8 pct 4 pct 6.4 pct 8.4 pct 8 pct

Balance of payments

April March Feb Jan Dec April, '08

839.1 -366.7 300.1 364.3 714.3 73.1

Trade

April April '08 Jan-April Jan-April '08

Imports 1,797 1,310 5,037 4,808

Exports 231 279 1,233 1,154

Foreign assets

June 15 May 31 May 15 April 30 June 15, 08

23.44 23.10 22.84 22.30 14.66

Foreign currencies

April March Feb Jan Dec April '08

19.33 18.66 18.24 17.59 17.06 11.39

Public debt

March '09 Dec '08 Dec '07

Gross public debt 47.92 47.01 42.03

Local currency 26.51 25.87 20.81

Foreign currency 21.41 21.14 21.22

*Money supply

June 18 June 11 June 18, 08 Dec 2000

M1 4,281 4,415 3,716 2,389

M2 43,174 42,929 28,576 19,493

M3 111,975 111,934 95,269 49,294

M4 118,301 118,232 100,789 55,993

(M1 = Currency in circulation plus demand deposits, M2 = M1 plus other deposits in Lebanese pounds, M3 = M2 plus foreign currency deposits, M4 = M3 plus treasury bills held by the non-banking system)

Coincident indicator

April March Feb Jan Dec April, '08

236.5 211.1 212.4 215.3 209.6 200

Public finances

Jan-March '09 Jan-March '08

Expenditure 4,545 3,365

Revenue 2,828 2,474

Deficit 1,716 892

Primary surplus -300 386

Total fiscal deficit for 2008 was 4,404 bln, vs. 3,838 bln in 2007

*T-bill weekly subscriptions

Term Yield Face Value Purchase Value

3 months 4.94 0.015 0.015

6 months 6.61 31.592 30.584

12 months 6.89 86.016 80.482

24 months 7.56 4.500 4.500

36 months 8.52 128.117 128.118

Total: 250.239 243.698

Subscriptions over maturities: 79.287