According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 5.44% (LBP 2,379.82 billion) in the first nine months of 2025 to LBP 41,393.20 billion, down from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 26.53% (LBP 3,037.33 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 8,412.60 billion, coupled with the 38.47% (LBP 942.28 billion) drop in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 1,506.92 billion and the 19.95% (LBP 242.99 billion) decrease in the value of the securities portfolio to LBP 975.23 billion, which altogether outweighed the 69.29% (LBP 1,273.58 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 3,111.73 billion, the 1.46% (LBP 378.14 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 26,365.40 billion, and the 40.20% (LBP 234.15 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 816.62 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 63.69% and 20.32% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ customer deposits dropped by 13.18% (LBP 1,752.51 billion) YTD September 2025 to LBP 11,548.57 billion, with capital accounts decreasing by 18.36% (LBP 1,509.44 billion) to LBP 6,709.84 billion and public sector deposits plummeting by 87.18% (LBP 334.48 billion) to LBP 49.20 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 6.31% (LBP 580.37 billion) rise in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 9,776.12 billion, and the 1.93% (LBP 162.88 billion) increase in other liabilities to LBP 8,589.02 billion only to name a few.