Israel

The Israeli government have approved a 9 to 10 per cent rise in electricity prices, despite massive, ongoing public protests against the country's rising costs of living. On August... 2011-08-23

The passage of two Iranian warships through the Suez Canal on February 22 has caused alarm in Israel, and top Israeli leaders have called the action 'a provocation'. The Suez Canal... 2011-02-25

The deterioration in Israel's trade dynamics, particularly the drop in goods exports, will result in a narrowing of the current account surplus over the medium term, which we forecast... 2011-02-25

The Bank of Israel (BoI) raised its policy rate 25 basis points (bps) to 2.50% on February 21, as we expected, and we maintain our view that further rate hikes are on the cards (see... 2011-02-22

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated that he would not attend a climate change conference in Athens on October 22 if Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was attending.... 2010-10-21

A combination of rising global risk appetite, growing interest rate differentials, and strong recoveries in emerging markets continues to push emerging market currencies higher (see... 2010-10-13

Over the next decade, Israel will continue to face the perennial external security threats from militant groups Hamas and Iran-backed Hizbullah. Downside risks to stability stem from... 2010-09-13