According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 3.29% (LBP 1,439.16 billion) in the first seven months of 2025 to LBP 42,333.87 billion, down from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 19.50% (LBP 2,232.88 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 9,217.05 billion, coupled with the 26.46% (LBP 648.03 billion) drop in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 1,801.16 billion and the 16.28% (LBP 198.27 billion) decrease in the value of the securities portfolio to LBP 1,019.94 billion, which altogether outweighed the 5.04% (LBP 1,309.47 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 27,296.73 billion, the 8.63% (LBP 158.67 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 1,996.82 billion, and the 24.96% (LBP 145.39 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 727.86 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 64.48% and 21.77% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ capital accounts dropped by 18.35% (LBP 1,508.26 billion) YTD July 2025 to LBP 6,711.02 billion, with customer deposits decreasing by 7.81% (LBP 1,038.18 billion) to LBP 12,262.90 billion and public sector deposits plummeting by 90.14% (LBP 345.85 billion) to LBP 37.84 billion, totally eroding the 9.76% (LBP 897.29 billion) increase in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 10,093.04 billion, the 49.93% (LBP 629.70 billion) rise in the value of issued debt securities to LBP 1,890.93 billion, and the 1.93% (LBP 162.99 billion) increase in other liabilities to LBP 8,589.13 billion only to name a few.