Lebanon’s Central Bank’s (BdL) revealed a 0.41%monthly growth by Mid-July in its total assets to $91.13B compared to a lower amount of $90.76B by June 15.
Foreign assets, which grasped 42.87% of total assets, went down by 0.24% month-on-month to $39.06B by July 15, 2015. Similarly, gold (11.69% of total assets) declined by 1.80% from last month to $10.65B on the back of the 3.09% fall in international gold prices, over the same period. In contrast, securities’ portfolio (18.03% of total assets) improved 1.93%, from June 15, to $16.43B by Mid-July, while loans to the financial sector (5.03% of total assets) dropped by 0.73% m-o-m to $4.58B.
On the liabilities side, financial sector deposits grew by 0.78% m-o-m to $72.21B, taking 79.24% of total liabilities in July 15, while public sector deposits (7.32% of total liabilities) down ticked by 3.13% to $6.67B, over the same period.
BDL’s Total Assetsby Mid-July ($B)
Source: BDL