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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 468

economy

View of the sun setting in Tel Aviv, January 29, 2024 (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)
August 25, 2024, 2:05 pm
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange up as Israel says it thwarted massive Hezbollah attack
Economic experts say investors optimistic after Israel substantially foils large assault by Lebanon-based terror group, but situation dynamic as Iranian threat still looms
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Products on shelves at a Carrefour Israel supermarket. (Courtesy)
July 4, 2024, 11:48 pm
Ministers approve reform to cut bureaucratic red tape surrounding imported goods
‘What’s good for Europe is good for Israel’ program to automatically approve products with European quality standards or certification without additional regulations, cutting costs
By Sharon Wrobel
Illustrative: View of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, November 29, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
July 2, 2024, 4:25 pm
Israel’s economy seems to be doing okay, but is everything as it seems?
How Israel’s war in Gaza has affected employment, quality of life, and private and public spending, and how this is expressed in the data
By Tani Goldstein
BlackRock's office in the Hudson Yards neighborhood of New York City. (AP/Ted Shaffrey)
June 21, 2024, 11:21 am
Anti-Israel backlash keeps US conglomerate away from major Malaysia project
Global Infrastructure Partners says BlackRock, which acquired company this year, is not part of deal to privatize country’s airport authority, after outcry over alleged Israel ties
By Reuters and ToI Staff
The destruction caused by Hamas terrorists in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023, near the Israeli-Gaza border, in southern Israel, as seen on November 21, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
November 23, 2023, 1:31 pm
Daily Briefing Nov. 23: Day 48 – Is hostage release delay more psychological warfare?
Zman Yisrael editor Biranit Goren on difficulties in making a deal with terror group and why Hezbollah may join truce; Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel on economic costs of war
By ToI Staff
WeWork offices, Jan. 16, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
November 7, 2023, 4:21 pm
WeWork files for bankruptcy four months after sounding the alarm
Company struggled in the commercial real estate market; offices located outside of the US and Canada unaffected for now
By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS
Attendees arrive for the yearly Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in the Saudi capital Riyadh on October 24, 2023. (Fayez Nureldine/AFP)
October 24, 2023, 6:42 pm
Israel-Hamas war threatens global economy, bankers warn in Saudi Arabia
Saudi officials push forward with plans for economic reform despite war, fears of worsening regional instability
By Agencies
Former Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Karnit Flug attends the Eli Horowitz Conference for Economy and Society, organized by Israel Democracy Institute in Jerusalem on June 22, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 4, 2023, 7:44 am
What Matters Now to former Bank of Israel governor Karnit Flug: The economy, stupid
Leading economist offers data on the current effects of the controversial judicial overhaul legislation and projections for more ripples as the high-tech industry begins to unravel
By Amanda Borschel-Dan
Illustrative image: NIS 100 bill. December 31, 2017. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
April 17, 2023, 1:46 pm
Daily Briefing Apr. 17: Israeli leadership blasé as moody economy gets stern warning
Editor David Horovitz and Tech Israel editor Sharon Wrobel on what the Moody’s Investors Service downgrade of Israel’s credit rating outlook means; Haredi draft bill controversy
By ToI Staff
Workers from the tech sector protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul. The signs say, 'No freedom, no high tech,' and 'Tech workers protest.' Tel Aviv, February 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 14, 2023, 9:35 pm
Bankers said to warn Smotrich judicial shakeup already causing economic fallout
Leaders of Israeli banks tell finance minister funds are flowing out of Israel at a rate 10 times higher than usual due to jitters over government legislation, instability
By ToI Staff
Bank of Israel governor Amir Yaron (right) meets with Miguel Segoviano, the new mission chief to Israel at the IMF, February 7, 2023. (Bank of Israel spokesperson)
February 7, 2023, 7:12 pm
Bank of Israel governor meets with new head of IMF mission ahead of annual report
IMF delegation arrives in Israel for a short introductory visit; Governor Amir Yaron says institutional independence vital for Israel’s credit rating
By Sharon Wrobel
Israelis protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, February 4, 2023. (AP/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 5, 2023, 4:55 pm
CEOs, senior execs call for dialogue on government’s judicial makeover plans
Over 50 senior businesspeople warn lack of dialogue on proposed changes will widen rifts, have grave implications for Israel’s economy
By Sharon Wrobel
Israel's Economy Minister Nir Barkat speaks with Cybertech’s Shir Meir at the Cybertech Global conference in Tel Aviv on February 1, 2023. (Gilad Kavalerchik)
February 1, 2023, 7:58 pm
Economy minister: Judicial shakeup plan won’t affect investments
Nir Barkat tells tech leaders that contentious proposals for judiciary not mentioned by global counterparts; says as long as Israel has the best ideas, its tech sector will thrive
By Sharon Wrobel
Tech workers block street to protest judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on January 24, 2023 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 25, 2023, 12:32 pm
Hundreds of top economists warn judicial overhaul could ‘cripple’ economy
Nobelist, former senior advisers to Netanyahu are among signatories of letter, which comes day after Bank of Israel governor reportedly informed PM of grim possible fallout of plan
By ToI Staff
New Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, left, shakes hands with outgoing minister Avigdor Liberman at a handover ceremony at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, January 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
January 1, 2023, 5:05 pm
At treasury handover, Smotrich vows to stick to Liberman’s free-market policy
New finance minister commits to tackling rising cost of living, maintaining budgetary discipline and fiscal restraint; says not all decisions will be popular
By Sharon Wrobel
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