Economy

📊 Insights on Libya’s markets, trade, and financial policies – tracking shifts that shape business and daily life in the country. 

Libya Investment Authority and Oman’s OQ Group Sign MoU to Boost Investment Ties
Economy

Libya Investment Authority and Oman’s OQ Group Sign MoU to Boost Investment Ties

The Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Oman’s OQ Group to explore new investment...

Global Inflation: How It Changed Economics and Politics
Economy

Global Inflation: How It Changed Economics and Politics

Inflation in a Post-Pandemic and Geopolitical Economy   In recent years, inflation has become more than just an economic indicator...

Libya’s Electronic Payment Network: Structural Fragility and the Limits of Oversight
Economy

Libya’s Electronic Payment Network: Structural Fragility and the Limits of Oversight

The outage that struck Libya’s domestic payment network on the eve of Eid al-Adha 2026 was no ordinary technical glitch....

Eastern Libya Blackout Highlights Fragility of National Power Grid
Economy

Eastern Libya Blackout Highlights Fragility of National Power Grid

A major technical fault on a key transmission line in Benghazi triggered widespread electricity disruptions across eastern Libya, once again...

Fixing the Economy or Fueling Division? Libya and the 2026 Unified Budget
Economy

Fixing the Economy or Fueling Division? Libya and the 2026 Unified Budget

On the surface, Libya appears to have achieved a historic breakthrough. For the first time in over a decade, a...

Libya Approves 13 Decisions to Expand Foreign Companies’ Operations
Economy

Libya Approves 13 Decisions to Expand Foreign Companies’ Operations

Libya has approved 13 new administrative and regulatory decisions aimed at expanding the operations of foreign and joint venture companies...

How Greece Is Trying to Re-enter Libya’s Energy and Maritime Landscape
Economy

How Greece Is Trying to Re-enter Libya’s Energy and Maritime Landscape

Can Athens’ renewed engagement reshape competition in the Eastern Mediterranean?   In the Eastern Mediterranean, Libya remains central to the...

Numisma Bank to Supply New US Dollar Cash Shipments to Libya’s Central Bank
Economy

Numisma Bank to Supply New US Dollar Cash Shipments to Libya’s Central Bank

Libya’s Central Bank (CBL) is preparing to receive new batches of US dollar cash as part of an ongoing effort...

Central Bank of Libya and US Co-Host Launch Unified Financial Spending Agreement
Economy

Central Bank of Libya and US Co-Host Launch Unified Financial Spending Agreement

The Central Bank of Libya Central Bank of Libya and US charge d’affaires Jeremy Berndt co-sponsored a high-level meeting on...

Libya Pushes to Localize Manufacturing as Employment Data Highlights Urgency of Economic Reform
Economy

Libya Pushes to Localize Manufacturing as Employment Data Highlights Urgency of Economic Reform

Libya is pushing ahead with a coordinated effort to rebuild domestic manufacturing and cut its heavy dependence on imports. This...