According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 4.58% ($52.26 million) during the first half of 2022 to $1,089.90 million, down from $1,142.16 million at year-end 2021. This can be mainly attributed to the 29.90% ($48.39 million) decrease in the value of fixed assets to $113.46 million, coupled with the 6.78% ($20.46 million) contraction in claims on the resident financial sector to $281.20 million, the 12.21% ($8.39 million) drop in the value of the securities portfolio to $60.32 million and the 14.42% ($1.88 million) decline in other assets to $11.16 million, which altogether outweighed the 4.22% ($20.38 million) rise in claims on customers to $503.40 million and the 8.20% ($6.00 million) increase in cash and deposits with Central Banks to $79.14 million, only to name a few. It is worth noting that claims on customers and on the resident financial sector are the two largest asset categories on financial institutions’ balance sheet, accounting for 46.19% and 25.80% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ customer deposits fell by 25.42% ($52.56 million) in the first half of 2022 to $154.19 million, with capital accounts concurrently dropping by 5.99% ($26.78 million) to $420.66 million and liabilities to the resident financial sector decreasing by 7.89% ($9.27 million) to $108.12 million, altogether outweighing the 23.22% ($50.70 million) appreciation in other liabilities to $269.08 million.