According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 1.79% (LBP 781.73 billion) in the first four months of 2025 to LBP 42,991.29 billion, down from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 17.57% (LBP 2,011.98 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 9,437.95 billion, coupled with the 23.82% (LBP 290.23 billion) drop in the value of the securities portfolio to LBP 927.99 billion and the 7.56% (LBP 185.22 billion) decrease in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 2,263.97 billion, which altogether outweighed the 5.10% (LBP 1,325.61 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 27,312.87 billion, the 18.96% (LBP 348.53 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 2,186.67 billion, and the 4.42% (LBP 25.73 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 608.20 billion, among others. It is worth noting that claims on customers and claims on the resident financial sector are the two largest asset categories on financial institutions’ balance sheet, accounting for 63.53% and 21.95% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, customer deposits dropped by 14.95% (LBP 1,987.87 billion) YTD April 2025 to LBP 11,313.22 billion, with other liabilities decreasing by 4.81% (LBP 405.01 billion) to LBP 8,021.12 billion and public sector deposits plummeting by 88.19% (LBP 338.35 billion) to LBP 45.33 billion, totally eroding the 58.44% (LBP 737.10 billion) increase in the value of issued debt securities to LBP 1,998.33 billion, the 6.89% (LBP 633.22 billion) rise in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 9,828.97 billion, and the 5.45% (LBP 447.65 billion) increase in capital accounts to LBP 8,666.93 billion only to name a few.