According to Banque Du Liban (BDL) statistics, the combined balance sheet of investment banks operating in Lebanon narrowed by 2.31% (LBP 2,125.86 billion) during the first nine months of 2026 to LBP 90,029 billion, down from LBP 92,155 billion at end of 2025. In details, the value of other assets dropped by 75.95% (LBP 5,959.80 billion) YTD September 2026 to LBP 1,887 billion, coupled with some 14.73% (LBP 2,065.08 billion) decrease in the value of fixed assets to LBP 11,957 billion, and a 7.35% (LBP 773.08 billion) drop in the value of the securities portfolio to LBP 9,742 billion, which altogether outweighed the 45.45% (LBP 7,037.08 billion) rise in claims on the private sector (comprising resident and non-resident customers) to LBP 22,522 billion, and the 0.15% (LBP 52.28 billion) increase in cash and deposits with Central Banks to LBP 36,090 billion. On the liabilities side, the value of other liabilities dropped by 24.74% (LBP 3,282.28 billion) YTD September 2026 to LBP 9,987 billion, with private sector deposits (resident and non-resident customers, in addition to the resident financial sector) decreasing by 3.59% (LBP 1,545.76 billion) to LBP 41,493 billion, and investment banks’ capital accounts declining by 5.33% (LBP 1,339.34 billion) to LBP 23,804 billion, have totally eroded the 39.29% (LBP 4,030.17 billion) rise in liabilities to the non-resident financial sector to LBP 14,287 billion and the 2.54% (LBP 11.35 billion) increase in liabilities to the public sector to LBP 458 billion.

Abiding by legislative decree number 50 and subsequent BDL circulars, investment banks operating in Lebanon have managed over the last couple of years to increase their lending activity to the private sector while reducing their exposure to the public sector. As a result, the surplus, representing the difference between loans to the private sector and claims on the public sector, reached LBP 22,518 billion in September 2026 compared to LBP 15,481 billion in December 2025 and LBP 16,081 billion in September 2025.