Posts Tagged: Israeli economy
High Government Debt Countered by Strong Finances Leads Fitch to Affirm Israel’s A+ Rating
CTech - On Monday, Fitch Ratings has affirmed Israel's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating of A+, with a stable outlook and an AA country ceiling. On the...
Justice Minister Shaked Says Israel Open to Reconstruction-for-Demilitarization Deal in Gaza
Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked said on Tuesday that Israel was willing to help reconstruct the Gaza Strip in exchange for full demilitarization of the Hamas-ruled...
BDS Is a Bust in the Middle East, but It’s Alive in America
JNS.org - BDS activists who think they are succeeding in isolating the State of Israel aren’t paying attention to the news. On Sunday, reports surfaced that...
Franklin Templeton Taps Into Israel’s $67 billion Retail Market
Franklin Templeton Investments entered the $67 billion Israeli retail market on Tuesday after the government allowed foreign firms to offer offshore products directly to investors. Previously, such...
IMF Projects Israeli Economy to See 3.6 Percent Growth in 2018
JNS.org - The Israeli economy will have grown by 3.6 percent by the end of 2018, with inflation of 0.9 percent and an all-time low of...
Netanyahu: Israel Will Expand Investments in Developing World
Israel will expand its investments in the developing world, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared on Friday. A statement published by Netanyahu’s office said, “Israel will create...
Israel Sees Record Number of Tourists for First Half of 2018
JNS.org - Israel saw a record number of tourists in the first half of 2018, injecting billions of dollars of revenue into the Israeli economy. According to...
Israel First-Quarter GDP Revised Up to Annualized 4.5 Percent Growth
Israel's economy grew an annualized 4.5 percent in the first quarter of 2018, faster than previously thought, boosted by gains in consumer spending, investment and...
At AJC Global Forum, Netanyahu Hails Israeli Innovation, Calls on Palestinians to Recognize Jewish State
Addressing a major Jewish gathering in Jerusalem on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed his country's innovation and economic success, and called on the...
Israeli Government to Invest in Transportation Technology Startups
Israel's government said on Wednesday it would invest 30 million shekels ($8.4 million) a year on a pilot program aimed at improving transportation and developing...
Dropbox Eyes Security, Machine Learning Technologies in Israel
US file-sharing and storage company Dropbox plans to expand its development center in Tel Aviv by hiring more staff and looking out for potential partnerships...
Bank of Israel Chief Warns: US-China Trade War ‘Bad News for Israeli Economy’
JNS.org - The governor of the Bank of Israel warned on Thursday that a trade war between the United States and China would be “bad news...
IMF Starts Economic Visit to Israel, to Issue Report on March 14
The International Monetary Fund began its annual mission to Israel on Sunday and will issue a preliminary report on the economy on March 14, the...
Will the Eastern Mediterranean Become a Hub for the Natural-Gas Trade?
JNS.org - A deal just concluded between Nobel Energy from Texas and Israeli Delek group on one side -- and Egyptian private company Dolphinus on the other -- to provide...
