The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet revealed a minor monthly uptick of 0.53% in total assets to $92.11B by End-November 2015.
Foreign assets, constituting 40.97% of total assets, inched down by 1.34% to $37.74B, but remained quite high, covering 26 months of imports. Meanwhile, the value of gold reserves (11.50% of total assets) increased by 2.23% to $10.59B following the uptick in international gold prices during the month. Moreover, securities portfolio (18.74% of the total asset) augmented by 2.64% to $17.26B and loans to financial sector (5.26% share of total assets) gained 0.74% to $4.85B over the same period.
In the liabilities section, financial sector deposits ticked up by 0.05% to $74.12B, contributing to 80.46% of the total liabilities. In addition, the public sector deposits (5.75% share of total assets) witnessed an increase of 4.41% monthly to $5.30B.
BDL’s Total Assets by October (in $B)
Source: BDL