Total BDL Assets Rose by a monthly 0.5% to $118.03B in Mid-December 2017

According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets rose by 15.36% year-to-date (y-t-d) and 0.5% on a monthly basis to reach $118.03B in mid-December.

In details, foreign assets (constituting 35.41% of total assets) and Gold reserves (9.82% of the total assets) dropped by 2.22% and 2.08% month-on-month (m-o-m) to $11.59B and $41.79B, respectively. Securities’ Portfolio (25.16% of total assets) recorded a monthly uptick of 3.48% to stand at $29.70B in mid-December 2017. Moreover, Loans to the local financial sector (grasping a 9.91% share of total assets) rose to $11.7B in mid-December 2017.

On the liabilities side, Financial sector deposits, grasping a share of 80.58% of total liabilities, increased by a monthly 0.23% to $95.11B. Meanwhile, Public sector deposits (5.14% of total liabilities) dropped by 4.48% to reach $6.07B in mid-Dececember 2017.

BDL’s Total Assets in mid-December (in $B)

Total BDL Assets Rose by a monthly 0.5% to $118.03B in Mid-December 2017

Source: BDL

 

 

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