Posts Tagged: Bank of Israel
Stanley Fischer, Former Fed Vice Chair and Bank of Israel Chief, Dies at 81
Stanley Fischer, who helped shape modern economic theory during a career that included heading the Bank of Israel and serving as vice chair of the...
Amid Rising Inflation, Bank of Israel Makes Biggest Interest Rate Hike in Two Decades
JNS.org - The Bank of Israel on Monday raised its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percent in a bid to curb inflation that has topped...
Current Crisis Not on Same Scale as Dot-Com Bubble, Says Bank of Israel
CTech – The decline in the value of high-tech companies as well as the global economic slowdown will indeed harm the local tech sector, but...
Bank of Israel Unanimously Backed 50 Bps July Hike to Fight Inflation
All six rate setters at the Bank of Israel supported raising the benchmark interest rate by 0.5 point to 1.25% at their July 4 meeting...
Israel Rate Hikes to Continue as Inflation Hits 14-Year High of 4.4% in June
Israel's annual consumer price index (CPI) rose 4.4% in June, the most since November 2008, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Friday as another...
Bank of Israel Raises Interest Rate by 0.5 Percent in Bid to Curb Inflation
JNS.org - The Bank of Israel on Monday announced it would raise the interest rate by 0.5 percent, to 1.25 percent, as part of its...
Bank of Israel to Hike Rates 1/4-Point Next Week as Inflation Hits 4%
The Bank of Israel will likely raise short-term interest rates by a quarter-point next week to rein in rising inflation, partly caused by low unemployment and strong...
Bank of Israel Raises Interest Rates for First Time in Four Years
JNS.org - The Bank of Israel’s Monetary Committee decided to increase the interest rate from 0.25 percent to 0.35 on Monday. It said “the Israeli economy...
Bank of Israel Expected to Hold Rates Monday, With Hikes Not Far Off — Reuters Poll
The Bank of Israel is expected to keep short-term interest rates unchanged this week, its 14th such decision in a row, although analysts are expecting...
All Six Israel Monetary Policy Committee Members Voted to Keep Interest Rates Unchanged
All six rate setters at the Bank of Israel voted to keep the benchmark interest rate at 0.1% on Aug. 23, though one member believed...
Bank of Israel to Hold Interest Rates as Inflation Nudges Higher
The Bank of Israel is expected to leave short-term interest rates unchanged this week for its ninth straight policy meeting, amid higher inflation and a...
Bank of Israel Buys $6.8 Billion of Forex in January, Reserves Jump to New Record
The Bank of Israel said on Sunday it bought $6.832 billion of foreign currency in January, helping to weaken the shekel from a 24-year peak...
Israeli Tech Sector Raises Alarm Bells Over Plummeting Dollar
CTech - A group of Israeli tech entrepreneurs and investors met with Bank of Israel representatives this week to warn of the dangers posed to...
Bank of Israel to Offer Non-Bank Credit Deals to COVID-Hit Small Businesses
The Bank of Israel said on Sunday it would start offering repo transactions with supervised non-bank credit providers to increase the supply of credit to...
