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Dr. Nasser Saidi was interviewed by CNN International’s Richard Quest on 8th Jan, 2020 to provide his insights on Lebanon’s path forward amid the economic and political crisis. Watch the interview below:
The TV interview (in Arabic) can be viewed at: https://ara.tv/cx8n3 هل من فرصة للبنان للخروج من الأزمة؟ ناصر السعيدي: لا بد من إصلاح القطاع المصرفي وإعادة رسملته قال وزير الاقتصاد اللبناني الأسبق، الدكتور ناصر السعيدي، إن الوصفة الأمثل لخروج لبنان من الأزمة المالية والاقتصادية تبدأ من تشكيل حكومة جديدة تكون مستقلة لتحصل على مصداقية، بالإضافة إلى معالجة مشكلة المديونية العامة، من خلال سلسلة إجراءات تشمل رفع أسعار الوقود وخصخصة بعض الأصول الحكومية، مثل شركة طيران الشرق الأوسط والمطار والاتصالات. وأكد السعيدي في لقاء له مع “العربية” “أن لبنان يواجة عدة أزمات منها السياسية ومالية ومصرفية ونقدية وأزمة حول المستقبل والحلول، وهو ما يتطلب أن تتشكل لدينا حكومة ذات... Read More
The article titled “A six-point plan to rebuild Lebanon’s economy” appeared in The National’s online edition on 5th January, 2020 and is posted below. Click here to access the original article. A six-point plan to rebuild Lebanon’s economy Debt needs to be re-profiled, banks require a bail-in and peg to the US dollar should be abandoned As I write this column, Lebanon is in turmoil, trying to form a government, while the economy is going through its worst crisis since its 1975-1990 Civil War. Several weeks of unjustified, panic-inducing bank closures, compounded by the imposition of de facto, illegal, capital controls, payment restrictions and foreign exchange limitations led to a liquidity crunch, a... Read More
The interview with Dr. Nasser Saidi was published by Reuters on 3rd Jan, 2020 and was published in several regional newspapers as well as the NYT. The original interview can be accessed here and is pasted below. Lebanon’s crisis needs $20 billion-$25 billion bailout, former minister says Lebanon needs a $20 billion-$25 billion bailout including International Monetary Fund support to emerge from its financial crisis, former economy minister Nasser Saidi told Reuters on Friday. Lebanon’s crisis has shattered confidence in its banking system and raised investors’ concerns that a default could loom for one of the world’s most indebted countries, with a $1.2 billion (917.01 million pounds) Eurobond due... Read More The interview with Dr. Nasser Saidi titled “Time is running out” appeared on Diwan, a blog from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s Middle East Program and the Carnegie Middle East Center.The original article (copied below) is available at: https://carnegie-mec.org/diwan/80524 Time is running out In an interview, former minister Nasser al-Saidi explains why Lebanon’s financial revival will be a massive undertaking. Nasser al-Saidi is a Lebanese economist who served as first vice governor of Lebanon’s Central Bank in 1993–2002 and as minister of economy and trade in 1998–2000. He was chief economist and strategist of the Dubai International Financial Center, and acts as an advisor to governments, central banks, and regulators... Read More
