Posts Tagged: Israel GDP
The Israeli Economy Continues to Be a Massive Success Story
A recent Reuters article by Steven Scheer about the financial health of Israel made me sit-up and take notice. The article claims that the Israeli...
Israeli Government Expenditure on R&D Second Lowest of OECD Countries
CTech - In 2016, the Israeli government was responsible for 1.57 percent of the country’s total national expenditure on research and development, far below the...
Finance Minister: Israel Met 2.9 percent/GDP 2018 Budget Deficit Target
Israel met its budget deficit target of 2.9 percent of gross domestic product for 2018, Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said on Sunday. Kahlon has said consistently the...
Israeli Central Bank Critical of Netanyahu Plan to Raise Defense Spending
Israel's central bank on Wednesday criticized a government plan to sharply boost defense spending, saying it would come at the expense of civilian spending and...
Israeli Defense Ministry: New US Aid Agreement May Crush Israeli Companies
JNS.org - A comprehensive analysis by Israel’s Ministry of Defense of the effect of a US foreign-aid agreement signed at the end of former President Barack...
2016, ‘One of Israeli Economy’s Best Years,’ Finance Minister Says
JNS.org - Israeli Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon praised his country's economic advances on Thursday, saying, “It is safe to say that 2016 will be remembered as...
Israel’s Economy Posts Strongest Quarter Since 2013
JNS.org - Israel's economy had its strongest quarterly performance since 2013, the country’s Central Bureau of Statistics said Thursday. The economy grew by an annualized 6.2 percent...
Global Credit Ratings Agency Moody’s Lauds Israel’s Economic Policy
JNS.org - A new report by international credit ratings agency Moody's praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon for the economic policies...
Israel Ranks 18th on UN Human Development Index
JNS.org - Israel has secured the No. 18 ranking on this year’s Human Development Index, a United Nations tool measuring world economies based on a number...
Israel’s National Deficit Drops 46% in Less Than 1 Year
JNS.org - Israel’s national deficit between January and November 2015 was $2 billion — 46 percent lower than the level for the same period last year,...
Operation Protective Edge Cost Israel $4.3 Billion
JNS.org - Operation Protective Edge's overall cost for Israel was estimated Tuesday to be $4.3 billion. Defense officials have pegged the overall military expenditure at...
Israel Second Quarter Economic Growth Exceeds Expectations
JNS.org - Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) announced that the Israeli economy grew at an annual rate of 5.1 percent in the second...
1st Quarter Growth Dispels Fears of Economic Slowdown for Israel
Israel's GDP rose by an annualized 2.8% in the first quarter of 2013, up from 2.6% in the preceding quarter, the Central Bureau of...
Governor of Bank of Israel Warns Defense Spending is too High
The Governor of the Bank of Israel, Stanley Fischer, has warned that if Israel continues to spend as it currently does on defense, the country...
