Latest CBL figures show LD 8.3 billion surplus – but dollar spending deficit reaches US$ 6.7 billion
The Central Bank of Libya (CBL) published its monthly revenue and expenditure statement yesterday for the period January to October ...
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Libya had an LD 12.8 billion budget surplus but a foreign exchange deficit of US$ 5.9 billion for January to August 2025: CBL
According to the Central Bank of Libya’s latest financial statistics bulletin published yesterday for Libya’s state revenues and expenditure during ...
Libya’s financial stability hinges on disciplined fiscal management and strategic investment: Husni Bey
In an economic report analysing public spending, inflation, and currency stability in Libya, leading businessman Husni Bey concluded that Libya’s ...
Aldabaiba and El-Kaber confusing Libyans with contradictory statistics: Who is telling the truth? Does Libya have a deficit or not?
In their continuing public attempts to win over public opinion to their narrative and version of reality and lay the ...
CBL monthly statistics reveal a foreign exchange deficit of US$ 10.9 billion
The Central Bank of Libya revealed in its monthly statistical statement that Libya’s total revenues reached 96 billion dinars from ...
CBL LD 15.6 bn loan to cover state budget deficit for period to 31 July
By Sami Zaptia. (Logo: Tripoli CBL). London, 18 August 2020: Libya’s Tripoli-based Central Bank of Libya (CBL) provided a LD ...
2019 budget details: No deficit, 10 percent budget increase, 25 percent for projects, foreign companies who remained will be given special treatment
By Sami Zaptia. London, 21 March 2019: Speaking yesterday at a press conference on Libya’s 2019 LD 46.8 bn budget ...
World Bank Libya report: violent political conflict, deficits, inflation, and lack of reform framework stall economy
By Sami Zaptia. London, 13 October 2017: The World Bank Economic Outlook report on Libya released this month paints a ...
Libya’s political division is root cause of its economic crisis: Audit Bureau 2016 report
By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli-based Audit Bureau says in its 2016 Annual Report that Libya's political division is the root cause ...
Libya’s revenues, oil production and foreign reserves down, deficit up: Audit Bureau 2016 Annual Report
By Sami Zaptia. The Tripoli-based Audit Bureau says in its 2016 Annual Report that Libya recorded its lowest state revenues ...
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