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Israel's International Investment Position (IIP), March 2013
17/06/2013 | Israel’s surplus assets over liabilities vis-à-vis abroad continued to increase moderately during the first quarter by some 1.3 percent, reaching $60 billion at the end of March.
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Comments by the Governor at the Knesset Economics Committee
12/06/2013 | Comments by the Governor at the Knesset Economics Committee regarding the future of Israeli industry.
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Recent Economic Developments, October 2012-March 2013
11/06/2013 | Recent Economic Developments, October 2012-March 2013
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The government’s proposed budget for 2013-2014 from the fiscal perspective
09/06/2013 | Excerpt from "Recent Economic Developments" to be published shortly: The government’s proposed budget for 2013–14, from the perspective of the fiscal targets for coming years
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Israel’s foreign currency market in May 2013
09/06/2013 | The Exchange Rate, exchange Rate Volatility and the Volume of Trade in the Foreign Currency Market.
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International Professional Farewell Conference in Honor of Prof. Fischer
09/06/2013 | BoI to hold an international Professional Farewell Conference in Honor of Stanley Fischer.
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Remarks by Dr. Karnit Flug at the Tel Aviv University Economic Symposium
06/06/2013 | Deputy Governor, Dr. Karnit Flug delivered a lecture at the economic symposium of the Tel Aviv University Board of Governors meeting, and reviewed the trends and challenges faced by the Israeli economy.
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Foreign Exchange Reserves in the Bank of Israel May 2013
06/06/2013 | Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of May 2013 stood at $77,650 million, an increase of $504 million from their level at the end of April.
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Nonresidents' investments in Israel and Israelis' investments abroad in April 2013
05/06/2013 | NONRESIDENTS - Investment in government bonds and realizations of makam and RESIDENTS - Sales of foreign shares by institutional investors
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Developments in Residential Land Prices, 1998–2012
05/06/2013 | The Bank of Israel Research Department has developed an index for the yearly changes in the hedonic prices of residential land - the changes after accounting for the characteristics of the land.
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Remarks by the Governor upon taking leave of the Knesset finance committee
04/06/2013 | The Knesset Finance Committee today held a meeting to take leave of the Governor of the Bank of Israel, Prof. Stanley Fischer. His main comments are below.
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Remarks by the Governor to the Israel Economic Association Conference
04/06/2013 | Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Stanley Fischer spoke today before the Israel Economic Association Conference.
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Excerpt from "Recent Economic Developments" to be published shortly
02/06/2013 | Health expenditure in Israel - an international comparison of demographic factors and cost structure
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Outline for Changes to the External Auditing of Financial Entities
02/06/2013 | The Commissioner of Capital Market, Insurance and Savings and the Supervisor of Banks are publishing for Public Comments Outline for Changes to the External Auditing of Financial Entities
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Research on the Effect of Home and Rental Prices on Private Consumption
29/05/2013 | A New Bank of Israel Study: The Effect of Home and Rental Prices on Private Consumption in Israel – A Micro Data Analysis
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Debt Developments in the Economy, March–April 2013
28/05/2013 | Business sector debt declined by about 0.9 percent mainly due to the strengthening of the shekel to around NIS 778 billion in March. Households' housing debt increased by about NIS 2 billion (0.8 percent), to about NIS 274 billion at the end of the month.
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The BoI reduces the interest rate for June 2013 by 0.25% to 1.25%
27/05/2013 | The Bank of Israel reduces the interest rate for June 2013 by 0.25 percentage points to 1.25 percent
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Dr. Flug, Deputy Governor remarks at a conference on housing market
23/05/2013 | Dr. Karnit Flug, Deputy Governor of the Bank of Israel, speaks on the housing market at the annual conference of the Israel Builders Association.
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The Composite State-of-the-Economy Index for April 2013 increases by 0.2%
22/05/2013 | The increase in the Index this month is slightly higher than that of the first two months of the year.
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The public's financial assets portfolio in the first quarter of 2013
22/05/2013 | In the first quarter of 2013 the value of the public's financial assets portfolio increased by about 1.2 percent in real terms (by NIS 34 billion), and reached NIS 2.75 trillion at the end of March.
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Study regarding a Flow-Accounting Model of the Labor Market
20/05/2013 | The analysis presented in the study shows that in the last decade, structural factors acted to lower the unemployment rate in the economy and explained at least half of the decline in the unemployment rate during this period.
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The Committee to Assess the Debt Restructuring Proceedings in Israel
19/05/2013 | Launch of the Committee to Assess the Debt Restructuring Proceedings in Israel
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Yossi Saadon will step down from his position as spokesperson in July
19/05/2013 | Bank of Israel Spokesperson Dr. Yossi Saadon will step down from his position in July. Dr. Saadon will be appointed as Israel’s representative to the World Bank Board of Directors in Washington, DC.
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Expected Rate of Inflation and the Money Supply
19/05/2013 | Expected Rate of Inflation Derived from the Capital Market, Forecasters' Inflation Expectations, and the Money Supply
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The Bank of Israel reduces the interest rate by 0.25% to 1.5 %
13/05/2013 | The Bank of Israel reduces the interest rate by 0.25 percentage points to 1.5 %, effective May 17, 2013. In addition, the Monetary Committee introduces a foreign exchange purchase plan to offset the effect of natural gas production.
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The Bank of Israel will purchase foreign exchange in order to offset the effect of natural gas production on the exchange rate
13/05/2013 | Natural gas production in Israel is causing an improvement in the current account, which is leading to appreciation pressures on the shekel. This phenomenon, often referred to as “Dutch disease” is liable to negatively impact Israel’s economy.
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Response to the economic plan presented by the Minister of Finance
09/05/2013 | The Governor of the Bank of Israel commented today on the economic plan for 2013–14 presented by Minister of Finance Yair Lapid
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Barry Topf retiring after 30 years at the Bank of Israel
08/05/2013 | Barry Topf, Senior Advisor to the Governor on Monetary Policy Issues and member of the Monetary Committee since its establishment in 2011, has announced his resignation after serving 30 years at the Bank of Israel.
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Issuing settlement licenses to entities settling debit card transactions
08/05/2013 | Issuing settlement licenses to entities dealing with the settlement of debit card transactions.
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Israel’s foreign currency market in April 2013
08/05/2013 | The Exchange Rate, exchange Rate Volatility and the Volume of Trade in the Foreign Currency Market.
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Foreign Exchange Reserves in the Bank of Israel, April 2013
07/05/2013 | Israel’s foreign exchange reserves at the end of April 2013 stood at $77,146 million, an increase of $179 million from their level at the end of March.
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Expanding information for those having difficulties repaying mortgages
06/05/2013 | The Supervisor of Banks is acting to expand information for those who are having difficulties repaying mortgage loans
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Bank of Israel Response to the Government's Decision on the 2013-2014 Budget
05/05/2013 | The Bank of Israel welcomes the fact that the Ministry of Finance has decided to place the deficit ceiling for 2014 at 3 percent of GDP.
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Capital flows in the financial account, March 2013
05/05/2013 | Nonresidents - Realizations of government bonds and makam and Residents - Continued investment in foreign shares by institutional investors.
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The Governor at the Knesset Finance Committee on the housing market
29/04/2013 | The Governor of the Bank of Israel spoke today at a Knesset Finance Committee discussion on the housing market. Following are the main points.
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