Bank of Israel stays cautiously optimistic on inflation, rates outlook
Bank of Israel policymakers are cautiously optimistic that inflation will ease later in 2025 in the wake of uncertainty ...
Israel's FIBI profit rises as banks benefit from high interest rates
First International Bank of Israel (FIBI) reported a 9% increase in net profit in 2024, boosted by 10% growth in loans and high interest rates on mortgages and other credit.
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Communications initiative: Bank of Israel’s equalizer
The Bank of Israel started the initiative by sharing monthly updates on deposit rates offered by local banks, before ...
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Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in the West Bank and the PA’s Descent into Irrelevance
History has shown that Palestinian resilience cannot be broken by military force. A new destruction will not erase the ...
Israel's finance committee chief faults government over soaring bank profits
The head of Israel's powerful parliamentary finance committee criticised the government and central bank on Tuesday for ...
Christians Are Pressing Trump to Clear a Path for Israel to Annex the West Bank
Some 80 percent of white, evangelical Christians voted for President Trump. Now, some want a policy change that could ...
U.N. report accuses Israeli forces of "genocidal acts," sexual violence in Gaza and West Bank
Israel has railed against a U.N. commission accusing its troops of sexual violence in Gaza as an "anti-Semitic, rotten, terrorist-supporting" body.
Israel releases preliminary CBDC design for digital shekel
The Bank of Israel releases a preliminary digital shekel design, outlining its ecosystem and functionality while collecting ...
After Israel’s finance minister meets Bessent, Jewish state aims to boost a resilient wartime economy
As Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich met last week to enhance economic relations between both countries, where does Israel stand economically?