According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 6.85% (LBP 2,997.54 billion) in the first ten months of 2025 to LBP 40,775.48 billion, down from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 34.54% (LBP 3,954.86 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 7,495.07 billion, coupled with the 25.69% (LBP 629.17 billion) drop in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 1,820.02 billion and the 27.23% (LBP 59.52 billion) decrease in the value of other assets to LBP 159.07 billion, which altogether outweighed the 50.60% (LBP 930.11 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 2,768.26 billion, the 1.67% (LBP 434.03 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 26,421.29 billion, and the 43.42% (LBP 252.94 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 835.40 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 64.80% and 18.38% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ customer deposits dropped by 17.38% (LBP 2,312.26 billion) YTD October 2025 to LBP 10,988.82 billion, with capital accounts decreasing by 18.91% (LBP 1,554.23 billion) to LBP 6,665.04 billion and public sector deposits plummeting by 89.25% (LBP 342.42 billion) to LBP 41.26 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 4.76% (LBP 438.07 billion) rise in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 9,633.82 billion, and the 3.70% (LBP 311.37 billion) increase in other liabilities to LBP 8,737.51 billion only to name a few.