ECONOMY

The Central Bureau of Statistics has raised the annualized growth estimate for the first quarter from 4.8% to 5%.

The surprising fall in the CPI in June left the inflation rate in Israel below the official target range.

Inflation in Israel was only 0.8% over the past 12 months, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports, decreasing the likelihood of a rate hike.

Birnbaum will become chairman and be replaced as CEO by Eyal Shohat, the company's deputy CEO.

"I emphasize that it is not a forecast by the Monetary Committee itself but by the Department's economists," Bank of Israel Governor Prof. Amir Yaron said.

The global environment makes the bank's aggressive interest rate forecast unlikely to materialize, say analysts.

Israel Airports Authority workers committee chairman Pinhas Idan: We are fed up with the Finance Ministry's false smears.

The Bank of Israel has not changed its forecast of a rate hike in 2019 and two rate hikes next year, despite expected rate cuts by the US Fed.

According to the Ministry of Finance, every month cut from men's compulsory service increases Israel's GDP by 0.1%.

Israel’s foreign exchange reserves rose nearly $2 billion last month, despite negligible foreign currency purchases, the Bank of Israel reports.

Kosher investment instruments issued by Israel's leading investment houses manage NIS 10 billion in assets.

Yonatan Katz believes that the Bank of Israel will keep the rate unchanged tomorrow at 0.25%, and predicts that the planned hike in 2019 will be postponed until early 2020.

9% of private sector employees in high tech produce 40% of Israel's exports but raising the proportion is not easy.

The US economic plan for our region leaves out key issues and key players, lacks sources of finance, and has no takers.

Leading economist Tyler Cowen says the US-China trade war was unavoidable, and Israel can only wait out the storm.

A new report by Deloitte describes the "future of labor" in Israel and maps the Israeli technology companies affecting it.

When building a career in a large corporation, you sometimes have to let them 'park you on the side' for a while.

Israel's Ambassador to Nigeria has complained about the rats and lice while the Ambassador to Brazil had to sleep on a mattress, the State Comptroller report says.

The government defense company has devised an eight-stage puzzle to attract the attention of and select potential employees.

People concentrate on managerial or professional promotion, while neglecting the possibility of promotion by moving to the core of an organization.

Once we accept that careers also have life cycles, it will be easier for us to adapt to the new world of work, explains Nirit Cohen.

Transport, energy and healthcare are three areas where big decisions loom, and determination will be needed to carry them out.