The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet recorded a slight 0.09% monthly slip in total assets to $90.60B by end of July 2015.
In terms of the assets’ category on in the balance sheet, foreign assets, constituting 42.84% of total assets, fell by 0.12% to $38.81B as did the value of gold reserves (11.02% shares of total assets), which decreased by 7.76% to $9.98B. The drop in the value of gold reserves followed the slip in international gold prices from $1,175.35/ounce to $1,095.80/ounce in the month of July. Gold’s appeal as a safe haven faded as the dollar appreciated by 1.46% to €/$1.0984. In contrast, securities portfolio (18.21% share of the total asset) augmented by 1.90% to $16.50B. Worth mentioning, loans to financial sector (5.11% share of total assets) down ticked by 0.29% $4.63B.
In the liabilities section, financial sector deposits ticked up by 0.78% to $72.21B, grasping 79.87% of the total liabilities. Meanwhile, the public sector deposits (7.17% share of total assets) experienced a 3.13% decline monthly to $6.67B.
BDL’s Total Assets by July (in $B)
Source: BDL