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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 426

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Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a conference of the Israeli newspaper "Makor Rishon" at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, February 21, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2022, 5:46 pm
Liberman ‘at peace’ with not locking down in Omicron wave, despite rising death toll
Finance minister defends government’s COVID policy of keeping economy open, says ‘we haven’t made cars illegal’ despite car crash fatalities
By Tobias Siegal
Illustrative: The entrance to Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, in the center of Tel Aviv, December 25, 2018. (Adam Shuldman/Flash90)
February 17, 2022, 2:34 pm
Fitch affirms Israel’s A+ rating, citing strong 2021 economic performance
Ratings agency says country also faces political uncertainty, noting possible upcoming 2023-2024 budget tussle
By Ricky Ben-David
Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman at the Finance Ministry in Jerusalem, on July 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 17, 2022, 12:27 am
Israeli economy grew by 8.1% last year, surpassing all forecasts
Israel records highest financial growth rate in 21 years; Liberman credits government’s policy of ‘living alongside the coronavirus’
By Tobias Siegal
Self-employed Israelis protest the lack of financial support from the government during the coronavirus pandemic, on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv, July 7, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 17, 2021, 6:04 pm
Work hours lost in Israel due to virus exceed EU average, Finance Ministry says
Ministry sees jobless rate in 2020 at 15.4%, compared to 3.8% in 2019
By Shoshanna Solomon
Train tracks and the Ayalon highway in central Tel Aviv, with the Azrieli Towers as a backdrop, December 18, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 16, 2020, 4:10 pm
Israel’s economy surges 38% in third quarter, after exit from first lockdown
The rebound in GDP in July-September 2020, compared to previous quarter, was led by surge in consumer spending, exports and investments, Statistics Bureau says
By Shoshanna Solomon
Illustrative image of growth, economic growth (ArtRachen01; iStock by Getty Images)
From the WebDecember 31, 2019, 2:40 pm
Israel economic growth slows to 3.3%, weakest since 2015
Reuters: Israel’s economy grew below the 2018 rate of 3.4%; even so, growth this year was the highest in Western countries and almost double the OECD average of 1.7%
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron (left) presents the 2018 Bank of Israel Annual report to President Reuven Rivlin, March 31, 2019 (Mark Neiman, GPO)
March 31, 2019, 1:44 pm
To curb budget deficit, central bank urges more taxes and less spending
Bank of Israel Governor Amir Yaron says investment in infrastructure, education needed to improve productivity in economy
By Shoshanna Solomon
View of Tel Aviv at sunset (istock-slidezero_com)
From the WebFebruary 16, 2017, 2:58 pm
Israel’s economy grew at 6.2% in 4Q
Globes: Fourth quarter 2016 growth was the highest quarterly growth rate since 2Q 2013; Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics has raised its GDP growth estimate for 2016 to 4 percent from a previous estimate of 3.8%
Lee Buchheit (Photo credit: Courtesy)
November 14, 2014, 9:40 am
Cheap money won’t — can’t — last, says top debt expert
Lee Buchheit, who managed the bailout of Greece and a dozen other countries, is concerned about where the world’s, and Israel’s, economies are going
By David Shamah
Palestinians celebrating in the West Bank city of Ramallah after the UN General Assembly voted to recognize Palestine as a non-member observer state, November 2012. (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
March 15, 2013, 8:23 am
IMF says Palestinians in trouble
Decreased donor aid and Israeli restrictions on movement causing volatile economic slowdown and high unemployment
By ToI Staff
Minister for Intelligence and Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
From the WebJuly 1, 2012, 4:37 pm
Cabinet approves doubling budget deficit target
Globes: New target revised to 3 percent of GDP in 2013, up from the previous target of 1.5 percent
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