The Central Bank’s (BDL’s) balance sheet posted a 3.82% year-to-date (y-t-d) rise in its total assets, which reached $122.78B. BDL’s Foreign assets (grasping 35.46% of total assets) rose by a 3.36%, since year-start, to stand at $43.39B in the first quarter of 2018. Moreover, Securities portfolio (26.1% of total assets) added 10.74% to reach $32.41B over the same period. Similarly, Loans to the local financial sector (12.28% of total) increased by 25.79% y-t-d, to $16B over the same period. However, the Central Banks’ Gold reserves (constituting 9.95% of total assets) added 2.16% m-o-m, to $12.22B by Q1 2018.
On the liabilities side, Financial sector deposits (82.9% of total liabilities) rose by 3.29% y-t-d to $100.70B, and Public sector deposits (5.7% of the total) increased by 12.31% to $6.68B by March 2018.
BDL’s Total Assets in March (in $B)
Source : BDL