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Governor of the Bank of Israel Amir Yaron attends a Finance Committee meeting in the Knesset in Jerusalem on January 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 21, 2026, 8:52 pm
Central bank holds rates days before election, warns next government on fiscal choices
Governor Yaron urges next coalition to cut debt and pursue growth reforms to fund security needs; bank raises forecasts but warns overseas production distorts domestic picture
By Sharon Wrobel
Prof. Zvi Eckstein, head of the Aaron Institute for Economic Policy at Reichman University and former deputy governor of the Bank of Israel. (Oren Shalev)
October 17, 2026, 12:32 pm
A top economist sees Israel’s fiscal future on the ballot as costs of war, division mount
Ahead of election, former central bank deputy governor Zvi Eckstein says outgoing government’s decisions have impacted country’s growth, with economy at risk unless changes are made
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: A largely empty pedestrian mall in central Jerusalem on August 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 1, 2026, 8:54 pm
Bank of Israel slashes rates to four-year low to bolster postwar economic rebound
Central bank cuts borrowing costs to 3.25%, warning of only partial recovery; manufacturers accuse Governor Yaron of doing too little too late, as strong shekel batters exporters
By Sharon Wrobel
Members of the Arab community protest against the violence in their community outside the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, November 9, 2025 (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)
December 15, 2025, 10:59 pm
NIS 220 million meant for Arab community to be diverted to police, ministers decide
Planned reallocation, intended to help fight violence, draws protest from Arab community leaders and others who argue cuts will harm programs meant to address root causes of crime
By Ariela Karmel and Charlie Summers
Then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-education minister Naftali Bennett (left) at the annual Bible Quiz at the Jerusalem Theatre on Independence Day, April 19, 2018. (Shlomi Cohen/Flash90)
August 8, 2021, 5:58 am
Budget shows Bennett-Lapid gov’t aims to transform Israel, as Netanyahu once did
It’s a pattern too consistent to be coincidence: A dramatic crisis opens the political window for change, and Israeli governments find the courage to step through it
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A man passes shuttered stores on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem on March 25, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 24, 2020, 12:43 pm
Government approves NIS 8 billion plan to help small businesses, self-employed
Decision could hand up to NIS 400,000 ($113,000) per firm; move comes after criticism that Israel is abandoning battered businesses at their time of need
By ToI Staff
Yuval Carmi, a falafel store owner in Ashdod who has been hit hard by the pandemic, April 19, 2020. (screen capture: Channel 13)
April 20, 2020, 3:55 pm
‘You touched my heart,’ Netanyahu tells falafel seller facing ruin from pandemic
In phone call, Yuval Carmi — who has become a symbol of the virus’s financial toll — places blame for economic hardship on PM’s advisers rather than the premier himself
By ToI Staff
Yuval Carmi, a falafel store owner in Ashdod who has been hit hard by the pandemic, April 19, 2020. (screen capture: Channel 13)
April 19, 2020, 10:58 pm
Sobbing falafel seller, symbol of virus’s financial toll, moves TV crew to tears
Yuval Carmi, banned from operating his shop amid pandemic and deep in debt, pleads for Netanyahu’s help: ‘I’m embarrassed from my children. I have nothing to give them to eat’
By ToI Staff
Amir Peretz (R) walks by Naftali Bennett during a Knesset plenum session on January 21, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
August 12, 2019, 5:00 pm
Bennett says Labor chief’s economic plan will turn Israel into Venezuela
Amir Peretz calls United Right member a ‘hilltop youth’ for decrying his proposals as ‘extreme socialism’
By Alexander Fulbright
Illustrative: View of the Tel Aviv skyline in a dense sandstorm, September 08, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2017, 4:28 pm
Derelict economy could sink ‘Titanic’ Israel, experts warn
New research paints worrying picture of decades of neglected national priorities leaving the country without the resources to face existential threats
By Raoul Wootliff
President-elect Donald Trump throws a hat into the audience while speaking at a rally in a DOW Chemical Hanger at Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016, in Baton Rouge, La. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
December 12, 2016, 4:16 am
For all his threats, Trump is seen by businesses as key ally
Companies cheered by president-elect’s vows to slash taxes, soften Obama-era rules designed to protect workers, environment and financial system
By Josh Boak
Speaking during a town hall-style gathering outside Boston on April 13, 2016, MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) addresses the audience at Temple Emanuel in Newton (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel)
April 14, 2016, 2:09 pm
On US tour, Israeli politicians debate Diaspora Zionism
Amid rifts on core issues such as the peace process and Jewish identity, MKs urge ‘unity’ in Israel-Diaspora relations
By Matt Lebovic
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Canadian PM Stephen Harper in 2014 (photo credit: Avi Ohayon/ GPO / Flash90)
July 22, 2015, 9:09 am
Israel and Canada beef up free trade agreement
Pact expected to strengthen economic ties by reducing tariffs and other barriers; PM Harper calls Jewish state ‘a priority market’
By Avi Lewis
Prof. Eugene Kandel, CEO of Startup Nation Central, a non profit organization. Kandel was formerly the head of Israel's National Economic Council. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 5, 2015, 7:44 pm
Top economic aide: With right policies, Israel avoided Greece’s fate
Just a decade ago, says Professor Eugene Kandel, the Israeli and Greek economies were on a par. Not anymore
By David Shamah
Gary Becker speaking in 2012. (photo credit: courtesy Becker Friedman Institute)
May 5, 2014, 11:43 pm
Jewish Nobel Laureate Becker dies at 83
University of Chicago professor won Economics prize in 1992 for groundbreaking social approach to field
By AP
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