Michel Accad Bankmed’s new Executive General Manager
	Orderly default sought by government
	Government to ask for grace period for March Eurobond
	Interest rates cut on subsidized housing loans
	Cleary Gottlieb and Lazard advisors for legal and finance
	Fitch: reserves sufficient for external debt payments
	More downgrades by S&P and Moody’s
	French and Saudi help is conditional on reforms
	24 percent increase in food prices since October
	Government forms economic taskforces
	Eurobond yield hits 1,500 percent
	Eight firms invited to bid for government financial advisor
	GDP drops by 3.6 percent during first semester of 2019
	15 outlets plan by ‘7 Management’ in the Gulf
	National Geographic has Lebanon third most exciting destination
	Association of Banks reduces lending reference rate
	$15.5 billion drop in total bank deposits
	Gross public debt reaches $91.6 billion
	Foreign creditors start discussion group
	IMF says it is ready to talk