ECONOMY

The Consumer Price Index has risen 2.3% since the start of 2021, while housing prices have risen 8% over the past year.

In August 2021 the average overdraft for an Israeli family was NIS 11,216, 2.3% smaller than in July.

Bank Leumi strategist Kobi Levi: The basic conditions of the Israeli economy clearly point to a strengthening of the shekel.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett described his meeting with Egypt's President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi as "very important and very good."

The cumulative fiscal deficit in Israel for the twelve months to the end of August 2021 narrowed to 8% of GDP, or NIS 116.9 billion, down from 9.2% at the end of July.

In a survey of 27,000 people, Tel Aviv was ranked the world's eighth best city and the second best for food and drink.

Sparks Consulting Group finds that concerns about a brain drain of Israel's elite group of talented people are well founded.

The Bank of Israel reported that it bought $1.64 billion in foreign currency in August, after buying only $500 million in July.

The country's population grew by 1.6% over the past year, the Central Bureau of Statistics reports.

The coalition parties reached a compromise on the establishment of a Regulation Authority.

The budget framework bill is the first of six the Knesset will vote on in debating the first state budget for three years.

From unemployment to business loans, and decisions on lockdowns, State Comptroller Matanyahu Englman is harshly critical of the Netanyahu government's handling of the Covid crisis.

The Cosco Shipping Alps is of a size never before seen in Israel. Will the opening of the new port bring consumer prices down?

"Dear God please end the Covid pandemic and please make my parents buy me a new iPhone and JBL speakers," wrote a boy from Germany.

Waste burning is the source of 62% of the carcinogens released into the air, while Israel is a leader for greenhouse gas emissions per capita.

The meeting was the first between Abbas and a senior Israeli minister since 2010.

Despite high unemployment in the wake of the Covid pandemic, the number of Israelis quitting jobs has reached the record level of 22.6% of job seekers.

Firstime Venture Capital founder Jonathan Benartzi argues that tech investment has a large role to play in combating climate change.

As tech salaries spiral, human resources experts tell "Globes" that employees can be retained by factors not related to money.

Resentment at the high earnings of technology sector employees overlooks their outsize contribution to Israel's economy.

Tech employees in Israel need only pay 25% capital gains tax on share options rather than the much higher income tax rate.

In focusing on the glamor and money, the media overlooks the 97% of startups that fail and the 24/7 efforts of those that succeed.

Investment home buyers are the solution, not the problem, and the government should stop punishing them.

Globes and international business data company Statista are seeking Israel's best companies, in the opinion of their employees and their rivals' employees.

An international survey by PwC finds a preference for working and buying from ESG-conscious enterprises, but Israel is well behind the trend.

The US energy giant must see the political as well as business need for a swift settlement with Cyprus on the Aphrodite-Ishai field.

With a chronic shortage of talented employees, Israel's tech companies are investing in billboard ads to help fill their rapidly growing number of job vacancies.

Salespeople and project managers are benefiting as more Israeli startups decide to grow independently, says pay data company Compete.

The recent violence in Israel's mixed cities is a call to action on alienation, neglect, and crime among Arab youngsters.

Low unemployment, high growth rates (but not high enough), and a resounding failure on housing.

Businesses are not meant to assume the role of the state. However, on the day after they should step up and try to make a difference, says Microsoft Israel R&D CEO Michal Braverman-Blumenstyk.