Data Series

Changes in the Net Foreign Assets of the Financial Sector	Changes in Net Foreign Assets of the Financial Sector (Changes in the Difference between Foreign Assets & Foreign Liabilities of the Financial Sector)
Remark	Starting July 2020, part of the GCC governments long-term deposits, placed in 1998 and currently amount to circa $500 million, were reclassified as Foreign Liabilities to reflect the change in nature of these deposits to sight accounts.
Source	Banque du Liban
Note	In Millions of USD. The change in the BDL Net Foreign Assets during the current year includes the net flow of the internationally traded Lebanese Government Sovereign Bonds in Foreign Currencies that were acquired by BDL through the same year only.
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Period	BDL	Banks & Financial Institutions	Total
May-2021	-543.6	362.9	-180.7
Apr-2021	-515.9	-30.1	-546
Mar-2021	-766.3	670.4	-95.9
Feb-2021	-457.3	116.7	-340.6
Jan-2021	-630.8	220.2	-410.6
Dec-2020	-1192.1	844	-348.1
Nov-2020	-629.9	415.5	-214.4
Oct-2020	-489.6	109.6	-380
Sep-2020	-2531.9	424.2	-2107.7
Aug-2020	-2221.2	253.2	-1968
Jul-2020	-2779.9	-266.5	-3046.4
Jun-2020	-555.8	260.1	-295.8
May-2020	-908.1	20.4	-887.7
Apr-2020	-812.4	571.8	-240.6
Mar-2020	-551.1	-5.7	-556.8
Feb-2020	-989.2	641.7	-347.4
Jan-2020	-612.8	454.9	-157.9
Dec-2019	-826.8	-14	-840.8
Nov-2019	167	975.8	1142.8
Oct-2019	-583.7	385.8	-197.9
Sep-2019	-160.1	101.6	-58.5
Aug-2019	86.3	-664.8	-578.5
Jul-2019	691.1	-618.6	72.5
Jun-2019	-209.9	5.6	-204.3
May-2019	-1373.5	-508.2	-1881.6
Apr-2019	-589.3	-710.8	-1300
Mar-2019	-319.7	244.6	-75.1
Feb-2019	-391.2	-159	-550.1
Jan-2019	-395	-984.6	-1379.7
Dec-2018	-1212.7	465.1	-747.5
Nov-2018	-2270.2	1316.3	-953.9
Oct-2018	-373.9	-1436.5	-1810.4
Sep-2018	-26.6	-119.5	-146.1
Aug-2018	-869.3	461.2	-408.1
Jul-2018	258.5	-807.3	-548.9
Jun-2018	-1113.4	474.9	-638.5
May-2018	2157.9	-954.4	1203.5
Apr-2018	-271.8	-303.2	-575
Mar-2018	30.9	-394.4	-363.5
Feb-2018	415.2	-486.9	-71.6
Jan-2018	985.9	-749	236.9
Dec-2017	105.8	748	853.8
Nov-2017	-991	1059.2	68.2
Oct-2017	-459.9	-427.9	-887.8
Sep-2017	1122.8	-665.6	457.2
Aug-2017	607.3	-239	368.3
Jul-2017	1570.9	-1470.7	100.2
Jun-2017	1765.4	-2523.4	-758
May-2017	-675.7	84.2	-591.5
Apr-2017	-883.5	562.6	-320.9
Mar-2017	-1158.1	1204.4	46.3
Feb-2017	306	35.8	341.8
Jan-2017	299.3	-132.6	166.7
Dec-2016	-234.3	1144.1	909.8
Nov-2016	106.3	346.7	453
Oct-2016	51.2	-731.4	-680.2
Sep-2016	-145.7	334.4	188.7
Aug-2016	3960.7	-2172.9	1787.8
Jul-2016	496.1	-144	352.1
Jun-2016	989.5	-1002.5	-13
May-2016	-455.6	-406	-861.6
Apr-2016	-494.9	240	-254.9
Mar-2016	-613.6	325.7	-287.9
Feb-2016	161.7	200.9	362.6
Jan-2016	44.8	-763.7	-718.9
Dec-2015	-729	356.6	-372.4
Nov-2015	-475	-340.7	-815.7
Oct-2015	-427.8	32.3	-395.5
Sep-2015	-301.1	179.3	-121.8
Aug-2015	-407.2	75.2	-332
Jul-2015	37.5	-35.1	2.4
Jun-2015	-351.5	-442.8	-794.3
May-2015	1710.5	-1521.3	189.2
Apr-2015	-878.4	1014.4	136
Mar-2015	524.7	-942.1	-417.4
Feb-2015	466.7	-619.3	-152.6
Jan-2015	357.2	-637.4	-280.2
Dec-2014	-755.6	640.2	-115.4
Nov-2014	-105.9	-318.5	-424.4
Oct-2014	449.2	-1015.1	-565.9
Sep-2014	-44.1	175.2	131.1
Aug-2014	544.9	-1108.8	-563.9
Jul-2014	669.5	-754.2	-84.7
Jun-2014	969.7	-1530.4	-560.7
May-2014	836.2	-315.8	520.4
Apr-2014	-144	98.6	-45.4
Mar-2014	219.9	-80.9	139
Feb-2014	572.6	-378.9	193.7
Jan-2014	602.7	-634	-31.3
Dec-2013	-132.6	666.5	533.9
Nov-2013	-26.6	-165.4	-192
Oct-2013	-272.4	-521.3	-793.7
Sep-2013	908.8	-405	503.8
Aug-2013	-298.8	75.8	-223
Jul-2013	-789.5	214.4	-575.1
Jun-2013	-192.2	-41.2	-233.4
May-2013	-173.4	42.6	-130.8
Apr-2013	660.7	-616.4	44.3
Mar-2013	-18.9	-334.1	-353
Feb-2013	1001.2	-1092.9	-91.7
Jan-2013	1179.9	-797.4	382.5
Dec-2012	-973.2	1285.3	312.1
Nov-2012	729.2	-549.6	179.6
Oct-2012	57	-154	-97
Sep-2012	-261.9	169.7	-92.2
Aug-2012	119.4	-616.1	-496.7
Jul-2012	-237.8	-83.9	-321.7
Jun-2012	252.4	-275.8	-23.4
May-2012	-16.2	-65.3	-81.5
Apr-2012	794.7	-1337.6	-542.9
Mar-2012	246.9	-196.2	50.7
Feb-2012	-26.6	-107.5	-134.1
Jan-2012	-103	-186.8	-289.8
Dec-2011	79.9	611.6	691.5
Nov-2011	399.2	-958.1	-558.9
Oct-2011	-175.9	-413.9	-589.8
Sep-2011	116.3	-418	-301.7
Aug-2011	1692.5	-2143.3	-450.8
Jul-2011	602.8	-910.1	-307.3
Jun-2011	-108.4	672.2	563.8
May-2011	-249.6	-195.6	-445.2
Apr-2011	119.1	-317.7	-198.6
Mar-2011	65	204.6	269.6
Feb-2011	97.7	5.6	103.3
Jan-2011	-367.9	-404.2	-772.1
Dec-2010	835.6	407.1	1242.7
Nov-2010	-345.1	-328.3	-673.4
Oct-2010	-359	173.9	-185.1
Sep-2010	82.2	104.2	186.4
Aug-2010	364	82.7	446.7
Jul-2010	403.5	590.2	993.7
Jun-2010	104.6	1.2	105.8
May-2010	159.9	-354.7	-194.8
Apr-2010	177.7	246.7	424.4
Mar-2010	340.8	-76.9	263.9
Feb-2010	252.9	505.6	758.5
Jan-2010	1184	-1228.3	-44.3
Dec-2009	980.8	629.2	1610
Nov-2009	668	-388.1	279.9
Oct-2009	886.2	280.9	1167.1
Sep-2009	340.4	134.7	475.1
Aug-2009	784.6	235	1019.6
Jul-2009	1391.6	-145.6	1246
Jun-2009	383.8	59.5	443.3
May-2009	809.1	-287.8	521.3
Apr-2009	664.1	175	839.1
Mar-2009	347.9	-714.6	-366.7
Feb-2009	761.4	-461.3	300.1
Jan-2009	675.2	-310.9	364.3
Dec-2008	497.1	217.2	714.3
Nov-2008	237.2	65.6	302.8
Oct-2008	1043.4	-812.1	231.3
Sep-2008	246.5	-46.7	199.8
Aug-2008	1057.9	-655.8	402.1
Jul-2008	1575.1	-46.7	1528.4
Jun-2008	661.3	-21.6	639.7
May-2008	485	-901.1	-416.1
Apr-2008	576.7	-503.6	73.1
Mar-2008	-34.2	-463.2	-497.4
Feb-2008	945.7	-403	542.7
Jan-2008	-9.1	-250.1	-259.2
Dec-2007	28.9	835.4	864.3
Nov-2007	114.3	432.6	546.9
Oct-2007	-712	757.4	45.4
Sep-2007	-199.2	489.5	290.3
Aug-2007	-7.9	143	135.1
Jul-2007	269.3	92.3	361.6
Jun-2007	1.9	-543.8	-541.9
May-2007	116.1	57.9	174
Apr-2007	167.4	93.9	261.3
Mar-2007	-309.5	372	62.5
Feb-2007	-568.3	715.7	147.4
Jan-2007	268.2	-578.5	-310.3
Dec-2006	-733.4	564.2	-169.2
Nov-2006	-335.5	354.3	18.8
Oct-2006	48.7	648.9	697.6
Sep-2006	325.3	314.5	639.8
Aug-2006	286.5	-52	234.5
Jul-2006	-454.1	-734.7	-1188.8
Jun-2006	364.6	362.4	727
May-2006	-20.7	434.4	413.7
Apr-2006	763.7	-4.9	758.8
Mar-2006	-25.8	335.3	309.5
Feb-2006	162.8	-200.9	-38.1
Jan-2006	-135.5	526.4	390.9
Dec-2005	391.5	206.6	598.1
Nov-2005	-22.6	309.2	286.6
Oct-2005	1006.9	-952.7	54.2
Sep-2005	-355.6	507.9	152.3
Aug-2005	256.3	148.2	404.5
Jul-2005	182.3	176.9	359.2
Jun-2005	559.8	-62.2	497.6
May-2005	-71.9	-108.6	-180.5
Apr-2005	399.9	-874.9	-475
Mar-2005	-1134	961.6	-172.4
Feb-2005	-1003.2	218.6	-784.6
Jan-2005	268.8	-261.6	7.2
Dec-2004	353.5	47.3	400.8
Nov-2004	436.2	-538.6	-102.4
Oct-2004	-1339.7	914.5	-425.2
Sep-2004	-461.1	277.6	-183.5
Aug-2004	-26.5	-72.3	-98.8
Jul-2004	206.4	106.6	313
Jun-2004	-450	517.5	67.5
May-2004	693.4	-487.7	205.7
Apr-2004	-130.7	111.2	-19.5
Mar-2004	-397.7	205.6	-192.1
Feb-2004	273.1	-149.5	123.6
Jan-2004	62.3	17.1	79.4
Dec-2003	-158.8	289.9	131.1
Nov-2003	-105.8	17.4	-88.4
Oct-2003	209.3	-140.7	68.6
Sep-2003	-293.5	359.3	65.8
Aug-2003	282.8	-11.5	271.3
Jul-2003	907.1	-385	522.1
Jun-2003	529.9	-449.2	80.7
May-2003	687.5	-414.6	272.9
Apr-2003	-79.4	-28.5	-107.9
Mar-2003	1658.9	-188.2	1470.7
Feb-2003	224.4	-173.6	50.8
Jan-2003	1174.1	-525.8	648.3
Dec-2002	924.4	208.7	1133.1
Nov-2002	569.8	-456.6	113.2
Oct-2002	487	67	554
Sep-2002	48.9	-4.4	44.5
Aug-2002	66.8	36.5	103.3
Jul-2002	317.7	50.2	367.9
Jun-2002	-285	358.3	73.3
May-2002	-45.5	256.6	211.1
Apr-2002	-609.2	259.7	-349.5
Mar-2002	-530.4	233.6	-296.8
Feb-2002	-329.2	106.7	-222.5
Jan-2002	48	-215.4	-167.4
Dec-2001	501.4	-248	253.4
Nov-2001	166.7	-227.7	-61
Oct-2001	716.5	-1085.3	-368.8
Sep-2001	-191.6	-166.4	-358
Aug-2001	-580	320	-260
Jul-2001	-562.4	567.7	5.3
Jun-2001	-424.5	328	-96.5
May-2001	-81	-198.3	-279.3
Apr-2001	-393.6	244	-149.6
Mar-2001	-750.3	652.2	-98.1
Feb-2001	84.4	183.7	268.1
Jan-2001	28.3	-52.7	-24.4
Dec-2000	-12.5	-121	-133.5
Nov-2000	-156.9	91.6	-65.3
Oct-2000	-478.1	410.3	-67.8
Sep-2000	-198.5	150.5	-48
Aug-2000	-61	131	70
Jul-2000	52.6	47.8	100.4
Jun-2000	-154.3	39.9	-114.4
May-2000	-340.9	421.1	80.2
Apr-2000	-74.5	94.5	20
Mar-2000	-184.5	79.7	-104.8
Feb-2000	32.9	67.4	100.3
Jan-2000	-130.7	4.5	-126.2
Dec-1999	39.9	59.9	99.8
Nov-1999	81	-105.2	-24.2
Oct-1999	796.1	-564.6	231.5
Sep-1999	243.8	-254.3	-10.5
Aug-1999	126.9	-161.6	-34.7
Jul-1999	65.5	87.4	152.9
Jun-1999	53	-65	-12
May-1999	-130.6	-38.7	-169.3
Apr-1999	-90.2	161.2	71
Mar-1999	250.9	-218	32.9
Feb-1999	-5	27.5	22.5
Jan-1999	-81.6	-12.8	-94.4
Dec-1998	-391.5	259.3	-132.2
Nov-1998	247.9	-174	73.9
Oct-1998	292.8	-574.2	-281.4
Sep-1998	39.8	-313.9	-274.1
Aug-1998	-66.6	79.2	12.6
Jul-1998	266.9	-126.8	140.1
Jun-1998	229.8	-196.8	33
May-1998	194.3	-11.1	183.2
Apr-1998	63.9	-151	-87.1
Mar-1998	-331.4	170.5	-160.9
Feb-1998	-65	211.2	146.2
Jan-1998	-2.1	-138.8	-140.9
Dec-1997	61.6	341.7	403.3
Nov-1997	-270.1	62.3	-207.8
Oct-1997	-636.6	18.8	-617.8
Sep-1997	-1	43	42
Aug-1997	-280.5	297.8	17.3
Jul-1997	-161.9	272.3	110.4
Jun-1997	180	-221.5	-41.5
May-1997	377.8	-180.9	196.9
Apr-1997	95.7	-143.2	-47.5
Mar-1997	182.4	154.8	337.2
Feb-1997	150.2	-126.5	23.7
Jan-1997	364.1	-160.5	203.6
Dec-1996	141.3	-39.5	101.8
Nov-1996	353.6	-132.4	221.2
Oct-1996	227.9	-86.8	141.1
Sep-1996	162.5	-125.8	36.7
Aug-1996	91	14.1	105.1
Jul-1996	206.2	-64.2	142
Jun-1996	24.4	26.9	51.3
May-1996	198.8	-137.8	61
Apr-1996	-192.9	89.7	-103.2
Mar-1996	6.5	24.6	31.1
Feb-1996	78.7	-16.3	62.4
Jan-1996	130.4	-194.5	-64.1
Dec-1995	215.5	-106.5	109
Nov-1995	599	-369	230
Oct-1995	561.9	-474.7	87.2
Sep-1995	-134.7	181.4	46.7
Aug-1995	-31.6	61.6	30
Jul-1995	151.1	150.4	301.5
Jun-1995	54.6	-98.5	-43.9
May-1995	-479.9	343.8	-136.1
Apr-1995	-150.3	72.8	-77.5
Mar-1995	-64.9	-12.2	-77.1
Feb-1995	-73.3	-5.6	-78.9
Jan-1995	-56.3	-78.6	-134.9
Dec-1994	-202	232	30
Nov-1994	129.2	-134.6	-5.4
Oct-1994	445.8	12.8	458.6
Sep-1994	163.2	-80.1	83.1
Aug-1994	-200.3	57.9	-142.4
Jul-1994	-31.9	4.7	-27.2
Jun-1994	73.7	57.9	131.6
May-1994	54	-13.8	40.2
Apr-1994	87.9	5.2	93.1
Mar-1994	241.7	-176.8	64.9
Feb-1994	254	-184.6	69.4
Jan-1994	845.4	-510.8	334.6
Dec-1993	228.8	153.4	382.2
Nov-1993	174.8	44.3	219.1
Oct-1993	201.5	-112.4	89.1
Sep-1993	134.8	-91.1	43.7
Aug-1993	71.7	-106.8	-35.1
Jul-1993	-40.3	291.5	251.2
Jun-1993	5.7	77.4	83.1
May-1993	30.7	29.4	60.1
Apr-1993	-68.9	148.6	79.7
Mar-1993	-93.8	68.2	-25.6
Feb-1993	-34.8	6.8	-28
Jan-1993	-153.8	203.8	50