The Central Bank’s (BDL) balance sheet exposed a positive 1.24% monthly upturn in total assets to $88.21B by end of February 2015. In terms of the assets’ category on in the balance sheet, foreign assets, constituting 44.08% of total assets, inched up by 2.71% to $38.89B while the value of gold reserves (12.61% shares of total assets) decreased by 4.57% to $11.12B. The decrease in the value of gold reserves followed the slip in international gold prices from $1,209.60/ounce to $1208.75/ounce in the month of February. Gold’s appeal as a safe haven slightly faded as the dollar appreciated by 0.84% to €/$1.12. Moreover, securities portfolio (16.77% share of the total asset) augmented by 1.43% to $14.80B probably from BDL subscription in the recent Eurobond issuance. Worth mentioning, loans to financial sector (5.08% share of total assets) gained 2.92% $4.48B. In the liabilities section, financial sector deposits down-ticked by 0.71% to $68.26B, contributing to 77.38% of the total liabilities. Meanwhile, the public sector deposits (9.03% share of total assets) witnessed a surge of 36.24% monthly to $7.97B.
BDL’s Total Assets by February (in $B)
