Regional investment bank EFG-Hermes maintained its economic growth forecast for Lebanon at 4.5 percent in 2008 and 5 percent in 2009 despite the increasing impact of the global credit crisis on the economies of the Gulf Cooperation Council, as reported by Lebanon This Week, the economic publication of the Byblos Bank Group. Visit this link to read more: EFG-Hermes upbeat on Lebanon despite turmoil