According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon widened by 1.77% (LBP 787.32 billion) in the first four months of 2026 to LBP 45,247.13 billion, up from LBP 44,459.81 billion at year-end 2025. This can be attributed to the 5.45% (LBP 1,155.72 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 22,375.69 billion, coupled with the 2.97% (LBP 219.58 billion) rise in the value of fixed assets to LBP 7,603.73 billion, and the 6.82% (LBP 175.28 billion) increase in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 2,746.04 billion, which altogether outweighed the 9.95% (LBP 864.04 billion) drop in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 7,819.51 billion, and the 2.10% (LBP 68.40 billion) decrease in claims on the non-resident financial sector to LBP 3,188.48 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 49.45% and 17.28% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ other liabilities soared by 93.68% (LBP 8,024.63 billion) YTD April 2026 to LBP 16,590.41 billion, with customer deposits increasing by 25.46% (LBP 2,710.65 billion) to LBP 13,355.87 billion, and liabilities to the non-resident financial sector rising by 23.64% (LBP 682.45 billion) to LBP 3,569.62 billion, totally eroding the 45.38% (LBP 5,914.61 billion) drop in capital accounts to LBP 7,118.47 billion, the 49.81% (LBP 3,546.20 billion) decrease in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 3,572.73 billion, and the 54.46% (LBP 1,170.08 billion) drop in issued debt securities to LBP 978.59 billion.