The GDP growth rate in 2013 is expected to be 3.6 percent, and excluding the contribution of natural gas production from the “Tamar” site, the growth rate is expected to be 2.6 percent. In ...

​The Minister of the Economy, Naftali Bennett and the Minister of Finance, Yair Lapid, will announce the appointment of the Committee to Intensify Competition and Eliminate Import Barriers.

Finance Minister Yair Lapid: "This is a vote of confidence by the credit rating agency in the economic plan and the new budget."

The country’s main strengths remain its world-class capacity for innovation (3rd), which rests on highly innovative businesses that benefit from the presence of the world’s best research in ...

The processes which occurred in global financial markets and in the local economy presented a challenge to Israel’s banking system and its performance in the changing risk environment.