PM stresses economic stability, calls for more growth

Benjamin Netanyahu praises Israel’s economic performance and calls for more growth, after receiving the Bank of Israel annual report from Governor Karnit Flug.

“I am pleased to hear that we are at an all-time low for unemployment… and this is pushing wages upward,” says the PM.

“I think that we need to push growth higher and to this end we have started historic negotiations with China on a free trade agreement, which will greatly increase exports,” he says.

“We are in parallel discussions with Japan on a most-favored nation trade agreement, and we need to extract the gas from the sea. This will inject many billions into state coffers and for consumers in the State of Israel.”