M3 Recorded $66.85 Billion as of January 8, 2026
BDL’s latest statistics on money supply revealed that Broad Money (M3) decreased by LBP 10,587.9 billion to stand at LBP 5,983,298 billion ($66.85 billion) by the week ending January 8th, 2026. M3 decreased by 3.53% year-over-year and by 0.42% year to date (YTD).
In details, M1 contracted by LBP 945.95 billion during the week of 2 to 8 January 2026, due to a decrease in currency in circulation of LBP 951.47 billion, despite an increase in demand deposits of LBP 5.52 billion.
In turn, total deposits (excluding Demand deposits) dropped by LBP 9,641.95 billion ($107.73 million), owing to a decline in term and saving deposits by LBP 231.7 billion during the week and a decrease in deposits denominated in foreign currencies by USD 105.14 million compared to the previous week.
As such, the rate of broad money dollarization increased slightly from 97.544% in the week ending January 1st, 2026 to 97.559% in the week ending January 8th, 2026.
Source: BDL; MoF
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