Lebanon’s Central Bank’s (BdL) revealed a 0.55%monthly growth by Mid-September in its total assets to $91.36B compared to a lower amount of $90.86B by August 15. In addition, a 6.60% growth in total assets from $85.70B has also been registered from the beginning of the year.
Foreign assets, which grasped 42.34% of total assets, went up by 0.51% month-on-month to $38.68B by Mid-September. In contrast, gold (11.15% of total assets) declined by 1.12% from last month to $10.19B on the back of the 1.53% fall in international gold prices, over the same period. In contrast, securities’ portfolio (18.24% of total assets) improved 0.51%, from August 15, to $16.66B by Mid-September, while loans to the financial sector (5.19% of total assets) augmented by 2.27% m-o-m to $4.74B.
On the liabilities side, financial sector deposits grew by 1.72% m-o-m to $73.851B, taking 80.84% of total liabilities by September 15, while public sector deposits (6.01% of total liabilities) declined by 10.72% to $5.49B, over the same period.
BDL’s Total Assets by Mid-September ($B)
Source: BDL