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    The IMF Says Lebanon Only Implemented A Few Of Its Demands

    By Miguel HadchitySeptember 23, 2022
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    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in a statement that the Lebanese government’s slowness to implement desperately-needed reforms was exacerbating the country’s economic meltdown, even as officials met to discuss an urgent and long-delayed bailout.

    The IMF statement came after a three-day visit to Beirut of the fund’s representatives to discuss with Lebanese officials the implementation of reforms drawn up under a staff-level agreement between the two sides in April.

    “Despite the urgency for action to address Lebanon’s deep economic and social crisis, progress in implementing the reforms agreed under the April SLA remains very slow,” the IMF said.

    The Lebanese government has implemented a few of the IMF’s demands from the agreement, which lists five “key pillars” that should be implemented, before finalizing a bailout program.

    The Lebanese economy has been in a free fall since late 2019 in a meltdown described by the World Bank as one of the worst the world has witnessed since the 1850s.

    “The Lebanese economy remains severely depressed against continued deadlock over much-needed economic reforms and high uncertainty,” said the head of the IMF team Ernesto Ramirez Rigo.

    The IMF said Lebanon’s GDP has contracted by over 40% since 2018, inflation remains in the triple digits, foreign reserves are dwindling, and the parallel exchange rate hit new lows this week reaching over 38,000 Lebanese pounds to the dollar.

    The visit came a week after angry depositors stormed several bank branches to get their trapped savings after local lenders imposed informal capital controls since the economic crisis began.

    The IMF statement said the large losses in the banking sector need “to be recognized and addressed upfront while respecting the hierarchy of claims. Small depositors must be fully protected.”

    On Wednesday, the Association of Banks in Lebanon said bank branches will not be opened on Thursday but will remain closed until they get assurances from the state and security agencies.

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