Lebanon’s Central Bank’s (BdL) revealed a 0.71% monthly growth in its total assets to $88.84B in March 2015. However, foreign assets at the BdL experienced a 1.06% month-on-month (m-o-m) decline to $38.48B, but remain very high covering 23 months. Similarly, gold decreased 1.76% to $10.93B. In contrast, loans to the public sector grew 6.80% to $15.80B. On the liabilities side, financial sector deposits grew by 1.54% month-on-month to $69.31B, while public sector deposits declined 3.20% to $7.71B by March, 2015.
BDL’s Total Assets by March ($B)
Source: BDL