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Feb 17, 2026  VAT increased to 12 percent to offset rise in public pay
Feb 14, 2026  IMF still unhappy with both bank reform laws
Feb 06, 2026  Budget 2026 ratified with $1 billion surplus
Jan 09, 2026  Public sector payroll two thirds below 2019
Sep 27, 2025  IMF urges strong bank reforms and an ambitious 2026 Budget
Sep 19, 2025  Fiscal surplus down from $364 million to $36 million
Mar 10, 2025  Industrialists urge revision of 2025 budget tax measures
Jan 27, 2025  $300 million surplus in 2024 budget against all odds
Dec 10, 2024  GDP to shrink six percent says World Bank gloomy report
Nov 27, 2024  IMF revises up 2023 GDP by 50 percent to $24 billion
May 23, 2024  IMF positive on recent BDL and budget measures
Mar 05, 2024  FX reserves up by over $1 billion
Jan 05, 2024  Lollar is closer to become useless
Jan 05, 2024  Remittances are stable for third consecutive year
Sep 16, 2023  IMF: Gov’t lacks progress Minister of Finance agrees
Oct 12, 2022  First fiscal surplus ever to be published
Sep 28, 2022  Government backtracks on LL15,000 exchange rate
Sep 27, 2022  Parliament passes budget at fraction of pre-crisis levels
Jun 01, 2021  World Bank warns: Lebanon is sinking
Jan 28, 2021  Deposit tax proposed by Ministry of Finance
Jan 11, 2021  The lira will be floated pending program with IMF
Jun 11, 2020  Public deficit widens in first quarter of 2020
May 21, 2020  Banks feeling shunned offer own financial plan
May 05, 2020  Private sector and others criticize Govt recovery plan
May 04, 2020  Lebanon Opportunities updates alternative plan
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