According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 4.24% (LBP 1,857.35 billion) in the first eight months of 2025 to LBP 41,915.67 billion, down from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 22.63% (LBP 2,591.25 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 8,858.67 billion, coupled with the 27.00% (LBP 661.24 billion) drop in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 1,787.95 billion and the 10.01% (LBP 122.00 billion) decrease in the value of the securities portfolio to LBP 1,096.21 billion, which altogether outweighed the 41.84% (LBP 769.04 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 2,607.19 billion, the 2.51% (LBP 651.78 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 26,639.04 billion, and the 23.18% (LBP 135.02 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 717.49 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 63.55% and 21.13% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ capital accounts dropped by 18.52% (LBP 1,522.59 billion) YTD August 2025 to LBP 6,696.69 billion, with customer deposits decreasing by 8.18% (LBP 1,087.41 billion) to LBP 12,213.68 billion and public sector deposits plummeting by 87.97% (LBP 337.51 billion) to LBP 46.17 billion, totally eroding the 49.93% (LBP 629.70 billion) increase in the value of issued debt securities to LBP 1,890.93 billion, the 6.07% (LBP 557.89 billion) rise in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 9,753.64 billion, and the 1.88% (LBP 158.04 billion) increase in other liabilities to LBP 8,584.18 billion only to name a few.