According to the balance sheet of the Lebanese Central Bank (BdL), total assets rose by 14.85% year-to-date (y-t-d) to reach $117.52B in mid-October.
In details, Foreign assets (constituting 37.02% of total assets), Gold reserves (10.16% of the total assets), and the Securities’ Portfolio (24.36% of total assets) recorded y-t-d upticks of 6.87%, 11.49%, and 10.77% to stand at $43.50B, $11.94B, and $28.62B in mid-October 2017.
Moreover, Loans to the local financial sector (grasping an 8.67% share of total assets) rose from $6.4B in end-Dec.2016 to $10.19B in mid-October 2017.
On the liabilities side, Financial sector deposits, grasping a share of 82.01% of total liabilities, increased by 14.52% during the same period to $96.38B. Meanwhile, Public sector deposits (4.76% of total liabilities) increased by 1.42% compared to end-Dec. 2016 levels, to reach $5.59B in mid-Oct. 2017.
BDL’s Total Assets in mid-October (in $B)
Source: BDL