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Aug 2020
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How Lebanon's economy went 'beyond the b...

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About this episode
This week, Nassib Ghobril, head of economic research at Lebanon’s Byblos Bank, and Massoud Derhally, The National's business editor, join host Kelsey Warner to discuss Lebanon's precarious economic future.

In this episode:
Hassan Diab's resignation (0m 5s)
Nassib Ghobril on Lebanon's economic status (1m 13s)
Lebanon since the civil war (4m 17s)
IMF bailout for Lebanon (6m 39s)
The new government and the financial system (12m 31s)
What can we expect this year for Lebanon? (16m 09s)

Read more on our website:
Beirut explosion to deepen Lebanon's economic contraction to 24%, IIF saysLebanon's Solidere stocks fluctuate as Beirut bourse resumes trading after explosionUN food chief: Beirut could run out of bread in under three weeks
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