Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on the impact of UAE being removed from the FATF grey list in The National, 24 Feb 2024
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The National titled "UAE’s removal from Financial Action Task Force’s...
25 February, 2024
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on the impact of the war in Gaza on Lebanon in The National, 14 Feb 2024
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The National titled "Lebanon’s economy reels as cost of damages from Gaza...
16 February, 2024
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Saudi Arabia’s gold discovery in The National, Jan 7 2024
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The National titled "Will Saudi Arabia's recent gold discovery provide a...
8 January, 2024
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon & potential spillover from the Israel–Gaza war in The National, Oct 18 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The National titled "Lebanon's economy could collapse completely if...
19 October, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s potential oil and gas finds in The National, Aug 25 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The National titled "Lebanon 'years away' from realising benefits of...
26 August, 2023
Articles Posts & Op-eds
“To restore the Lebanon central bank’s credibility, independence is key”, Op-ed in The National, 15 Aug 2023
The article titled "To restore the Lebanon central bank's credibility, independence is key" appeared in the print edition of The...
16 August, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on the delays in Lebanon’s reforms in The National, Aug 4 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The National titled "Reform delays threaten to plunge Lebanon's...
5 August, 2023
TV & Radio
Interview with BBC on the departure of Lebanon’s discredited central bank governor, 31 Jul 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi appeared on BBC World Business report on 31st Aug 2023 to discuss the departure of the discredited central bank...
1 August, 2023
TV & Radio
Interview with CNBC on the potential reform path for Lebanon’s Banque du Liban, 31 Jul 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi, Lebanon’s Former Minister for Economy, speaks to CNBC's Dan Murphy about the state of Lebanon's central bank...
1 August, 2023
TV & Radio
Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Interview, 26 Apr 2023
Aathira Prasad joined Yousef Gamal El-Din on 26th of April, 2023 as part of the Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East show,...
27 April, 2023
TV & Radio
Interview with BBC’s World Business Report on Lebanon’s banking sector, 15 Mar 2023
In an interview with BBC's World Business Report, Dr Nasser Saidi offered his insights and assessment on what's happening in...
16 March, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s currency crash in Bloomberg, 2 Mar 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on Lebanon's currency crisis appeared in the Bloomberg article titled "World’s Biggest Currency...
4 March, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s currency devaluation, FT, 1 Feb 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi commented on Lebanon's currency devaluation (to a new rate of L£15,000 from a fixed rate peg of L£1,507 to...
2 February, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s devaluation in Bloomberg, 1 Feb 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on Lebanon's devaluation appeared in the Bloomberg article titled "Lebanon Devalues, Still Leaves...
2 February, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s sharply falling tax revenues in L’Orient Today, 5 Jan 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on Lebanon’s sharply falling tax revenues were published in L'Orient Today, as part of an article...
6 January, 2023
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Inflation in Syria and the collapsing pound in Associated Press, 5 Jan 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on inflation in Syria and the collapsing pound were part of an Associated press article titled...
6 January, 2023
TV & Radio
Interview with BBC World Business report on Lebanon’s banking crisis, 7 Oct 2022
As part of the BBC World Business report aired on 7th Oct 2022, Dr Nasser Saidi was interviewed on the continuing banking crisis...
8 October, 2022
TV & Radio
Interview with BBC World Business report on IMF’s discussions in Lebanon, 21 Sep 2022
As part of the BBC World Business report aired on 21st Sep 2022, Dr Nasser Saidi was interviewed about IMF officials' crisis...
23 September, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on “Was Lebanon the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme?” in Arab News, Aug 9 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an Arab News article titled "Was Lebanon the world’s biggest Ponzi scheme" published on...
10 August, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments in The Banker article “Lebanese Financial Crisis Drags On”, Jul 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi comments on the ongoing economic and financial crisis in Lebanon appeared in the July 2022 edition of The Banker,...
5 July, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s risk of spiralling into runaway inflation in Reuters, 30 Jun 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "Analysis: Political and banking deadlock may plunge Lebanon...
1 July, 2022
TV & Radio
Panelist at the IMF’s MENA Conference”Divergent Recoveries in Turbulent Times in the Middle East & North Africa”, 24 May 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi participated as a panelist at the IMF's event related to the Regional Economic Outlook report for the Middle East...
25 May, 2022
TV & Radio
Radio interview with Dubai Eye’s Business Breakfast on Lebanon’s elections, 17 May 2022
Lebanon has voted in the first parliamentary election since the country’s economic collapse, with many saying they...
18 May, 2022
TV & Radio
Interview with Sky News Arabia on Lebanon, 16 May 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi was interviewed on Lebanon’s elections, and potential recovery subject to implementation of reforms The Sky...
17 May, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s conditional deal with the IMF in Al Monitor, 7 Apr 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on Lebanon's conditional deal appeared in the article titled "IMF, Lebanon strike conditional deal on...
8 April, 2022
TV & Radio
Article in ArabicImpacts from the ongoing Russia-Ukraine turmoil: AnNahar Interview (Arabic), 9 Mar 2022
فكرة حرة- ناصر السعيدي لـ"النهار": 2022 سنة الخطر الكبير والأزمة...
10 March, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on exodus of its most educated citizens from Lebanon, FT, 7 Mar 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi commented on the exodus of its most educated citizens from Lebanon in the FT article titled "Lebanon faces exodus...
9 March, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s “rescue plan” in Reuters, 2 Feb 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "Analysis: Lebanon's savers to bear burden under new rescue...
3 February, 2022
TV & Radio
Interview with CNBC Arabia on Lebanon’s recent banking, exchange rate developments & negotiations with IMF, 17 Jan 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi was interviewed on the recent banking and exchange rate developments in Lebanon as well as the negotiations with...
18 January, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on the depreciation of the Lebanese pound on Zawya (Arabic), 11 Jan 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments on the depreciation of the Lebanese pound appeared in an article on Zawya dated 11th January 2022,...
12 January, 2022
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon & the IMF in France-24, 29 Dec 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments were part of an Associated press article Titled "Slow progress as Lebanon awaits IMF economic deal",...
30 December, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Saudi and others sanctions on Lebanon in CNN Arabia, 3 Nov 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in a CNN Arabia article titled "أزمة قرداحي" هل تعقد جهود...
4 November, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon in Forbes Middle East, 1 Nov 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in a Forbes Middle East article titled "Exclusive: How A Backdoor Deal Between Banque...
2 November, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s economic & political crisis in The Telegraph, Oct 9 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in an article in The Telegraph titled "Lebanon on life support" on 9th October...
10 October, 2021
TV & Radio
Dr. Nasser Saidi’s interview with CNN on Lebanon’s economic turmoil, 15 Sep 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's interview with CNN's on Lebanon's ongoing economic crisis (in Arabic) was published on the 15th of Sep 2021 The...
8 October, 2021
Articles Posts & Op-eds
“Lebanon’s path back from the brink of collapse”, post in OECD’s Development Matters blog, 15 Sep 2021
The below article was published as a post in the OECD's Development Matters blog on 15th Sep 2021 The original post can be...
16 September, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Interview on Lebanon, hyperinflation & the way forward, TRENDS magazine, 5 Sep 2021
An interview with Dr Nasser Saidi was published in the article titled "Hyperinflation imminent in Lebanon", in TRENDS magazine...
6 September, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon & use of SDR’s in L’Orient Today, 27 Aug 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments were published as part of the article titled "What are SDRs and how might Lebanon use them" in the...
29 August, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on Lebanon’s “slippery slope to mayhem” in Reuters, 23 Aug 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments appeared in the Reuters article titled "Analysis: Leaderless Lebanon on slippery slope to mayhem",...
24 August, 2021
TV & Radio
Interview with BBC, an assessment a year after the Beirut blast, 4 Aug 2021
In an interview with BBC's Fergus Nicoll, Dr Nasser Saidi offered his insights and assessment a year after the Beirut blast on...
5 August, 2021
TV & Radio
Bloomberg Daybreak Middle East Interview, 25 July 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi joined Yousef Gamal El-Din on the 25th of July, 2021 as part of the Bloomberg Daybreak: Middle East edition,...
25 July, 2021
Media Comments & Quotes
Comments on hyperinflation in Lebanon in L’Orient Today, 21 Jul 2021
Dr Nasser Saidi's comments were published as part of the article titled "With Lebanon edging closer to hyperinflation, a family...
22 July, 2021
