Footfall on Hamra +4.3% week-on-week. Merchants say small baskets, cash-only, but first positive month since Nov.
Consumer sentiment across the pilot region
Four live columns of consumer signal — Beirut retail, Tripoli working-class index, Bekaa agriculture, and diaspora confidence. Treat as illustrative structure; wire live ingestion in production.
Imported-goods pricing still volatile — two SKUs repriced this morning. Households trading down on cooking oil and dairy.
Curb rate 89,200 / 89,700. Low depth. No big flows. Spread narrower than last Thursday.
Weekend covers down 11%. Operators attribute to uncertainty narrative around border incidents, not pricing.
Weekly Western Union inflows flat; OMT slightly up. Diaspora holiday season effect expected next week.
Queues at three stations on the corniche — 18, 26, 41 cars. No reported scarcity, but anticipatory hoarding back.
Standard bundle rose 5.8% at three bakeries. Wheat import funding conversation reopens.
Construction day-rate unchanged at 700k LBP equivalent. Demand weak outside Dahr el-Ain.
Chronic-care stockouts: 12 SKUs flagged; 3 critical (insulin pens, amlodipine 10mg, amoxicillin syrup).
Potato farm-gate up 12% on Jordan export interest. Transit uncertainty still the biggest margin killer.
Masnaa throughput normal. Two truck queues reported at dawn — cleared by 08:00.
Reservoir inflow 62% of seasonal median. Irrigation schedule tightened.
Call volume up 7% on property inquiries. 2/3 still "watch and see". No deposit recovery law still #1 blocker.
Survey: 58% of expat SMEs holding off on formal repatriation pending judicial independence test case.
Quarterly remittance up 3.1%. Informal channels dominant.