According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon widened by 2.53% (LBP 1,108.95 billion) as at end of December 2025 to LBP 44,881.97 billion, up from LBP 43,773.02 billion at year-end 2024. This can be attributed to the 1167.74% (LBP 6,801.68 billion) increase in the value of fixed assets to LBP 7,384.15 billion, coupled with the 69.87% (LBP 1,284.32 billion) rise in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 3,122.47 billion, and the 2.88% (LBP 70.61 billion) increase in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 2,519.80 billion, which altogether outweighed the 17.65% (LBP 4,586.28 billion) drop in claims on customers to LBP 21,400.98 billion, the 20.44% (LBP 2,339.82 billion) decrease in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 9,110.11 billion, and the 14.84% (LBP 180.80 billion) drop in the value of securities portfolio to LBP 1,037.41 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 47.68% and 20.30% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ capital accounts rose by 58.20% (LBP 4,783.28 billion) at end of 2025 to LBP 13,002.55 billion, with the value of issued debt securities increasing by 70.36% (LBP 887.43 billion) to LBP 2,148.66 billion, and other liabilities rising by 7.03% (LBP 592.33 billion) to LBP 9,018.47 billion, totally eroding the 19.97% (LBP 2,655.87 billion) drop in customer deposits to LBP 10,645.22 billion, the 22.58% (LBP 2,076.82 billion) decrease in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 7,118.93 billion, and the 84.11% (LBP 322.71 billion) drop in public sector deposits to LBP 60.97 billion.