According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the consolidated balance sheet of financial institutions operating in Lebanon widened by 7.60% (LBP 3,378.02 billion) in the first five months of 2026 to LBP 47,837.83 billion, up from LBP 44,459.81 billion at year-end 2025. This can be attributed to the 7.82% (LBP 1,658.94 billion) increase in claims on customers to LBP 22,878.92 billion, coupled with the 4.56% (LBP 395.74 billion) rise in claims on the resident financial sector to LBP 9,079.30 billion, the 13.53% (LBP 347.81 billion) increase in cash & deposits with central banks to LBP 2,918.57 billion, and the 139.47% (LBP 333.03 billion) rally in the value of other assets to LBP 571.82 billion, only to name a few. 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 47.83% and 18.98% of total assets on a respective basis. On the liabilities side, financial institutions’ other liabilities soared by 94.29% (LBP 8,076.78 billion) YTD May 2026 to LBP 16,642.56 billion, with customer deposits increasing by 50.96% (LBP 5,425.13 billion) to LBP 16,070.35 billion, and liabilities to the non-resident financial sector rising by 23.05% (LBP 665.61 billion) to LBP 3,552.78 billion, totally eroding the 45.55% (LBP 5,936.28 billion) drop in capital accounts to LBP 7,096.80 billion, the 51.79% (LBP 3,687.07 billion) decrease in liabilities to the resident financial sector to LBP 3,431.86 billion, and the 54.46% (LBP 1,170.08 billion) drop in issued debt securities to LBP 978.59 billion.