The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet exposed a minor monthly downtick of 0.03% in total assets to $88.81B by End-April 2015.
Foreign assets, constituting 42.41% of total assets, inched down by 1.94% to $37.73B, but remained quite high, covering 22 months of imports. Meanwhile, the value of gold reserves (12.49% shares of total assets) increased by 1.49% to $11.10B following the uptick in international gold prices. Moreover, securities portfolio (16.77% share of the total asset) augmented by 0.68% to $15.91B and loans to financial sector (5.08% share of total assets) gained 1.10% $4.54B over the same period.
In the liabilities section, financial sector deposits up-ticked by 0.03% to $69.33B, contributing to 78.06% of the total liabilities. Meanwhile, the public sector deposits (8.14% share of total assets) witnessed a decrease of 6.30% monthly to $7.23B.
BDL’s Total Assets by April (in $B)
Source: BDL