Israel

BMI View: Although we believe a narrowing fiscal deficit will allow the government to reduce external debt gradually from 24.6% of GDP to 22.6% of GDP over the forecast period, we... 2006-12-06

BMI View: We remain sanguine about the official budget outlook, believing that the deficit will narrow gradually from 2% of GDP to 0.5% of GDP over the forecast period. However, we... 2006-12-06

BMI View: The contraction in GDP in Q306 is hardly cause for concern. Such an outturn - to be expected given the July war with Hizbollah - had already been factored into our 3.5%... 2006-11-16

BMI View: The rising political noise will have little or no impact on investor confidence, financial markets or the business environment. Indeed, any shift to the right as a result... 2006-10-27

At the time of writing it appeared more than possible that President Moshe Katsav could be indicted on rape charges - a development to which Katsav has promised to respond by resigning.... 2006-10-19

At the time of writing it appeared more than possible that President Moshe Katsav could be indicted on rape charges - a development to which Katsav has promised to respond by resigning.... 2006-10-19

We have revised up our end-year external debt forecast from US$76bn (60% of GDP) to US$81bn (65% of GDP), on the back of fairly heavy borrowing so far this year: external debt rose... 2006-10-19

We have revised up our end-year external debt forecast from US$76bn (60% of GDP) to US$81bn (65% of GDP), on the back of fairly heavy borrowing so far this year: external debt rose... 2006-10-19

BMI View: We have revised down our interest rate forecasts for 2006 and 2007, on the back of record low inflation in September. We now see rates falling to 5.25% by the end of this... 2006-10-18

BMI View: We have revised down our interest rate forecasts for 2006 and 2007, on the back of record low inflation in September. We now see rates falling to 5.25% by the end of this... 2006-10-18