According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon narrowed by 4.59% (LBP 2,007.03 billion) in the first eleven months of 2025 to LBP 41,765.99 billion, down from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 30.63% (LBP 3,507.03 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 7,942.89 billion, coupled with the 9.55% (LBP 234.02 billion) drop in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 2,215.18 billion and the 13.79% (LBP 168.00 billion) decrease in the value of securities portfolio to LBP 1,050.21 billion, which altogether outweighed the 93.68% (LBP 1,722.04 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 3,560.19 billion, the 42.69% (LBP 248.66 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 831.13 billion, and the 133.09% (LBP 38.90 billion) increase in claims on the public sector to LBP 68.13 billion. 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 62.11% and 19.02% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ customer deposits dropped by 13.45% (LBP 1,789.47 billion) YTD November 2025 to LBP 11,511.61 billion, with capital accounts decreasing by 18.89% (LBP 1,552.60 billion) to LBP 6,666.67 billion and public sector deposits plummeting by 88.63% (LBP 340.07 billion) to LBP 43.61 billion, totally eroding the 78.31% (LBP 987.70 billion) increase in the value of issued debt securities to LBP 2,248.93 billion, the 5.06% (LBP 426.00 billion) rise in other liabilities to LBP 8,852.14 billion, and the 2.58% (LBP 237.35 billion) increase in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 9,433.10 billion only to name a few.